Legal Opinion
Odom v. Ford Motor Company
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided December 11, 1956No. 17233PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Oxner, Justice.
This action was brought by Harley Odom, a Darlington County farmer, against the Ford Motor Company to recover damages for alleged breach of warranty of soundness and fitness of a tractor for agricultural purposes. The tractor was manufactured by Ford and sold to its Charlotte dis tributar, Carolina Ford Tractor, Inc., which in turn sold it to the Darlington dealer, Sansbury Tractor Co., Inc., from which it was purchased by Odom on August 1, 1953.
The complaint is based on an oral express warranty as to quality and adaptability claimed to have been made by Sans-bury Tractor,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Carter v. Yardley & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Baxter v. Ford Motor Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1932
- Cohan v. Associated Fur Farms, Inc.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1952
- Gantt v. Columbia Coca-Cola Bottling Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Ford Motor Company v. J. W. McDavidCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958
- Campus Sweater & Sportswear Co. v. M. B. Kahn Construction Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1979
- James C. Gardner v. Q. H. S., Inc., a Corporation, and J. M. Fields, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Springfield v. Williams Plumbing Supply Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1967
- Cooley v. Salopian Industries, Ltd.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1974
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