The buyer on notifying the seller of his intention to do so may deduct all or any part of the damages resulting from any breach of the contract from any part of the price still due under the same contract.
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2.717
DEDUCTION OF DAMAGES FROM THE PRICE
Known as the Uniform Commercial Code
The act spans §§ 1–12 (616 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Palmco Corporation v. American Airlines Inc (1993)
Most recently applied in 690 F. Supp. 2d 487 - J.D. Fields & Co. v. United States Steel International, Inc. (February 2010)
Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 2343, ch. 785, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.