Reynolds v. Ramsey

Citations

• 56 Pa. Super. 97
• 1914 Pa. Super. LEXIS 51

Syllabus

<p>Contract — Sale—Warranty—Breach of warranty — Damages.</p> <p>1. What the plaintiff is entitled to recover where the breach of warranty is proved is the difference between the value of the chattel as warranted and its value in the condition in which it actually was.</p> <p>2. In an action on the warranty of a horse it is reversible error for the court to charge in effect that if there was a breach of warranty what the plaintiff was entitled to recover was the difference between what he had paid for the horse, and the amount he subsequently received for it at a public sale; and this is especially so where there is no evidence of the value of the horse at the time that plaintiff bought him, except as might be inferred from the price paid, and the defendant’s evidence is strong in support of the claim that the horse was sound at the time of the sale.</p>