Gardiner v Gray

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date06 March 1815
Date06 March 1815
CourtHigh Court

English Reports Citation: 171 E.R. 46

KING'S BENCH AND COMMON PLEAS

Gardiner
and
Gray

Applied, Jones v. Bright, 1829, 5 Bing. 533; Powell v. Horton, 1836, 2 Bing, N. C. 668; Shepherd v. Pybus, 1842, 3 Man. & G. 868. Jones v. Just, 1868, L. R. 3 Q. B. 197. Explained and applied, Randall v. Newson, 1877, 2 Q. B. D. 102. Considered, McMullan v Helberg, 1879, 4 L R I. 94, Wallis v Russell, [1902] 2 Ir. R. 585, Niblett v Confectioners Materials Co, [1921] 3 K B 387. Distinguished, Mody v Gregson, 1868, L R. 4 Ex 49. Referred to, Kain v Old, 1824, 2 B. & C. 627, Allan v Lake, 1852, 18 Q B 560, Bristol Tramway & Carriage Co v Fiat Motors Ltd, [1910] 2 K B 831: Summer, Permam & Co. v. Webb & Co, [1922] 1 K. B. 55

[144] Monday, March 6, 1815 gardiner v. gray. ^Where before or at the time of sale a specimen of the goods is exhibited to the buyer, if there be a written contract which merely describes the goods as of a particular denomination,- this is not a sale by sample ; but there is an implied warranty that they shall be of a merchantable...

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    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 16 July 1975
    ...of that kind re commonly bought. If a buyer buys "waste silk" and it is of no use for the purpose of "waste silk", he can reject it, see Gardiner v. Gray (1815) 4 Camp. 144: If he buys dates for food and they arc of no use for food, he can reject them, see Asfar & Co. v. Blundell (1896) 1 Q......
  • Young & Marten Ltd v McManus Childs Ltd
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    • House of Lords
    • 10 July 1968
    ...of "caveat emptor" (which still applies fundamentally to sale of real estate) was recognised as long ago as 1815 by Lord Ellenborough in Gardiner v. Gray 4 Camp. 144. He stated the principle that where there was a sale by description the purchaser has a right to expect a saleable article a......
  • Henry Kendall & Sons (A Firm) v William Lillico & Sons Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 8 May 1968
    ...increased in what are now called ' unascertained or future goods ' and more generally 'goods sold by description'. As early as 1815 in Gardiner v. Gray 4 Camp. 144 Lord Ellenborough stated the rule. Goods had been sold as waste silk: a breach was held to have been committed on the ground th......
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    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 16 July 1986
    ...14 (2) must fail. 15The starting point of the development of the modern law as to merchantable quality is often taken to be the case of Gardiner v. Gray 4 Campbell 144, where Lord Ellenborough 16"He cannot without a warranty insist that it shall be of any particular quality or fitness, but ......
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    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Large-Scale Claims Interjurisdictional Dimensions
    • 15 June 2005
    ....139 Garaj v. De Bernardo (2002), 213 D.L.R. (4th) 661 (Ont. C.A.) .......................... 431 Gardiner v. Gray (1815), 171 E.R. 46; 4 Camp. 144 ................................................ 12 Gariepy v. Shell Oil Co. (2000), 51 O.R. (3d) 181, [2000] O.J. No. 3804 (S.C.J.) ................
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    • Irwin Books The Law of Large-Scale Claims Sources of Liability
    • 15 June 2005
    ...that a seller of goods provides a warranty as to their fitness without making an express representation has been codified in Canada 1 (1815), 171 E.R. 46 [emphasis added]. Causes of Action in Product Liability 13 through English and later Canadian (provincial) legislation such as the Sale o......

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