Baker Manufacturing Co. v. Hall

Citations

• 104 Wash. 15
• 175 P. 304
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 1131

Syllabus

<p>Sales (165) — Remedies op Buyer — Counterclaim: for Breach of Warranty — Measure op Damages. Upon counterclaim for breach of warranty, in an action for the price of graders, the defendants’ measure of damages would be the difference between the purchase price and the actual value of the goods when delivered, the sale price of machinery being prima facie the value, and any evidence of value for the particular job in excess thereof is inadmissible as speculative.</p> <p>Same (165). In an action for the balance due on the purchase price of machinery, in which there was a counterclaim for damages for breach of warranty, it is error to give instructions limiting the allowance for damages to the balance due.</p>