Larkin v. Geisenheimer

Headnote

Contract — sale —• sale of goods subject to inspection — where goods are rejected seller’s remedy action for breach of contract, not for goods sold and delivered.

Larkin v. Geisenheimer, 201 App. Div. 741 , affirmed.

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered July 14, 1922, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict and granting a new trial. The complaint alleged a cause of action for goods sold and delivered, i. e., that on October 24, 1917, at the city of New York the plaintiffs sold to defendants and defendants purchased of plaintiffs 9,000 pounds of tacks at forty-two cents per pound, amounting in all to $3,780; that it was agreed that the tacks were to be manufactured

and delivered to defendants; that on December 29, 1917, plaintiffs duly delivered the merchandise and that they have not been paid therefor. The answer denied the contract alleged in the complaint and denied performance and delivery by plaintiffs, and as a separate defense alleged a sale by sample; that when the goods were sent to defendants’ place of business they were inspected; that they were not in accordance with the samples but were inferior, imperfect and unmerchantable; that because of this, defendants refused to receive them, and hold the same at the disposal of plaintiffs. The Appellate Division held that the merchandise having been delivered for inspection and having been rejected, title did not pass, and that, therefore, plaintiff’s remedy, if any, was an action for damages for breach of contract and not for goods sold and delivered.