Patrick v. Leach
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court for Douglas county. The opinion states the case. 1. To direct a jury simply that “any distinct assertion or affirmation of quality intended to cause the sale and operative thereto, implies a warranty,” without more definite explanation of the nature of the assertion or affirmation, is too broad. And the mischief was not counteracted by the previous general statement on the point of “ naked praise.”
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Error from the district court for Douglas county. The opinion states the case. 1. To direct a jury simply that “any distinct assertion or affirmation of quality intended to cause the sale and operative thereto, implies a warranty,” without more definite explanation of the nature of the assertion or affirmation, is too broad. And the mischief was not counteracted by the previous general statement on the point of “ naked praise.” Hart v. Wright, 17 "Wend., 267. Salisbury v. Stainer, 19 lb., 159. Byrne v. Jansen, 50 Cal., 624. Jackson v. Witherell, 7 S. & R., 480. MeFarlan v. Newman, 9 Watts,…
1Opinion of the Court
Maxwell, Ch. J.
On the twenty-sixth day of Eebruary, 1875, David W. Leach filed a petition in the district court of Douglas county, against Matthewson T. Patrick, wherein he alleges that on the eighteenth day of December, 1872, Patrick sold to him a large stock of hardware which was stored in a building in the city of Omaha; that Patrick presented to him an inventory of said goods and represented to him that they were first-class goods, and of the best quality, and that the stock was selected by an expert, employed by himself for that .purpose, out of a stock in New York City, of $200,000;…
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