Staines v. Shore
Decision Date | 26 May 1851 |
Citation | 16 Pa. 200 |
Parties | Staines <I>versus</I> Shore. |
Court | Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
A naked affirmation is not itself an express warranty, nor evidence of it: McFarland v. Newman, 9 Watts 55. To constitute a warranty, the words must not be dubious or equivocal, but it must appear that the affirmant intended to warrant, and did not express a mere matter of opinion or judgment: 7 Ser. & R. 482. The maxim caveat emptor is so strictly construed that it has given rise to another principle, simplex commendatio non obligat; a simple assertion by the vendor as to the value or quality of the goods, does not amount to a warranty: 2 Kent 484; Chitty on Contracts 134-5.
The sale of an unsound horse without fraud or warranty, though known to be unsound by the seller, is no defence to an action for the purchase-money: Pulhamus v. Pursell, 3 Pa. L. J. A fair price implies a warranty of title in the sale of a chattel, but not a warranty of quality: 2 Kent 482.
In Bramley v. Alt, 3 Vesey 620, it was held that a sale was not fraudulent because a puffer had been employed, if there were real bidders who bid after the puffer had ceased: 12 Vesey 477, Smith v. Black.
Fraud without damage, or damage without fraud, gives no cause of action; but where they concur and meet together, action lieth: CROKE, J., 3 Bl. Rep. 95.
Blair, on same side.
Fisher, in reply.—That the legality of the employment of a puffer does not depend on the price the property brought. That the value of the horse was not a proper element in the case: That it matters not whether the defendant got the worth of his money or not.
The direction on the first point was right: there is no deceit without a scienter. On the second, it was inaccurate. We held, in Pennock's Appeal, 2 Harris 449,...
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