Deere & Company v. Johnson

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• reversing entry of judgment on an unpleaded and unconsented-to issue and remanding to enter a take-nothing judgment
• applying Mississippi law and holding that farmer’s continued use of defective tractor after revoking acceptance was reasonable because tractor was essential to farmer’s work, replacement was difficult to obtain, and farmer mitigated his damages by using the tractor
• applying Mississippi law and holding that farmer’s continued use of defective tractor after revoking acceptance was reasonable because tractor was essential to farmer’s work, replacement was difficult to obtain, and farmer mitigated his damages by using the tractor
• applying Mississippi law and holding that farmer = s continued use of defective tractor after revoking acceptance was reasonable because tractor was essential to farmer = s work, replacement was difficult to obtain, and farmer mitigated his damages by using the tractor
• “As has been often said, the principal purpose of Rule 15(b) is judicial economy.”
• ”[T]rial of unpled issues by implied consent is not lightly to be inferred under Rule 15(b), [and] such inferences are to be viewed on a case-by-case basis and in light of the notice demands of procedural due process.” (second alteration in original

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