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12 Ind. 463

Leeper v. Shawman

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 13, 1859

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1859-06-13

<p>In a complaint setting up a breach of a warranty of soundness, the breach statocTmust be coextensive with the contract of warranty. It may negative the words of the contract. The particular unsoundness need not be stated.</p> <p>More particularity is necessary in declaring on a special, conditional, or partial warranty, than on a general and absolute warranty.</p> <p>It seems, that a breach of an affirmative character must be stated with more particularity than one of a negative character.</p>

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Decided 1859-06-13

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Hanna, J.

¶1Leeper filed a claim against the estate Ketrow, which, among other things, alleged that on, &c., at, &c., the said Ketrow was the owner of a certain mare, &e.; that said Ketrow then and there represented said mare to be sound, and warranted and guarantied her to *464be free from any and all diseases, blemishes, and faults whatsoever; that the plaintiff, confiding, &c., purchased said mare, and paid for same 65 dollars; that said mare was in fact, at the time, disordered and diseased, from which disease and disorder she was entirely worthless, and died in one month after said purchase, &c.

H. J. Shirk and J. M. Wilson, for the appellant.N. O. Ross and R. P. Effinger, for the appellee.

¶2Demurrer to the claim or complaint, assigning three causes—

¶31. That the complaint does not state facts sufficient, &c.

¶42. That the terms of a warranty are not sufficiently stated.

¶53. That it does not allege sufficiently that the térms of the warranty were broken or failed.

¶6The statute requires a succinct statement of the natuie and amount of every claim to be filed. 2 R. S. p. 260.

¶7The following propositions are laid down in the work quoted, as a sufficient form of pleading in actions for breach of warranty:

¶8“ The breach stated must be coextensive with the contract of warranty. The breach may be in the negative of the words of the contract; the particular description of unsoundness, &c„ need not be stated, though in some cases it is usual to do so.” 2 Saund. PI. and Ev. 1226.

¶9More particularity is necessary, in declaring on a special, conditional, or partial warranty, than on one of the character set forth in the complaint in the case at bar. It is also sometimes said that a breach of an affirmative character requires more particularity than one of a negative character. 1 id. 216, 218.

¶10The demurrer should have been overruled.

Per Curiam.

¶11The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.

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