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  "name": "Victor A. Rossbach, Appellee, v. Tincher Motor Car Company, Appellant",
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      "Victor A. Rossbach, Appellee, v. Tincher Motor Car Company, Appellant."
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        "text": "Me. Justice McSurely\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nThis is an appeal from a judgment of $4,000 against the appellant for a breach of guaranty contained in the contract of sale of an automobile purchased by ap-pellee.\nAs there must be another trial, we refrain from any extended statement of the evidence. The guaranty which is the basis of the suit is as follows:\n\u201cGUARANTEE.\n\u201cAll cars of the Tincher Motor Car,Company are sold under the guarantee that the company will supply without charge any part of the car that is shown to be defective in material or workmanship within three years from date of original sale, when such part is returned to the Tincher Motor Car Company, prepaid, for their inspection. This guarantee does not apply to tires, nor to damage resulting from accident, misuse, or neglect.\u201d\nThe question before us concerns the proper measure of damages where this guaranty has been breached.\nAppellee paid $6,500 for his car. There was considerable testimony showing that almost immediately after the purchase he experienced much trouble in running it. Appellant claims that these troubles were caused by the incompetency of appellee, who himself ran the car, and that the troubles did not appear under the management of a competent chauffeur. For the purposes of this opinion we may assume that the jury was justified in concluding that there was something wrong with the car. By the terms of the guaranty appellant promised to \u201csupply without charge any part of the car that is shown to be defective in material or workmanship within three years from date of original sale, when such part is returned to the Tincher Motor Car Company, prepaid, for their inspection.\u201d\nIt was not the theory of appellee upon the trial that any particular part of the car had\u2018been returned to appellant for its inspection, and had been shown to be defective in material or workmanship, but that the car \u201cfailed utterly to fulfill the purpose for which it was sold\u201d (appellee\u2019s brief), and the guaranty was breached when appellee returned the entire car to appellant, who failed to make it run properly. Hence ap-pellee claimed, and the jury was so instructed, that the measure of damages under such circumstances was the difference between the actual value of the car at the time of said breach and what the value would have been if the car had been made to run properly, plus the costs and expenses incurred by appellee on account of appellant\u2019s failure .to replace any defective parts. Following this theory, appellee\u2019s testimony was that at the time of the alleged breach, the value of the car, as it would have been if running properly, was the purchase price, $6,500, but that in fact it was then worth only $700, being merely its value as parts, leaving damages to appellee of $5,800; also that he had expended $500 for overhauling and replacement, making a total damage of $6,300.\nThis is an incorrect view of the measure of damages. The instruction of the court broadened a particular and limited guaranty into a general warranty of the fitness of the ear. This was a misconception of the import of the terms of the guaranty. (Ford Motor Co. v. Osburn, 140 Ill. App. 633). The proper measure of damages under such a guaranty is the cost of supplying such defective parts, if any, plus the loss or damage, if any; which can be shown to have been the natural and proximate result to the purchaser from the failure, if any, of the seller to supply such parts' without charge. (Phelan v. Andrews, 52 Ill. 486).\nFor the reason above indicated the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.\nReversed md remanded.",
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        "author": "Me. Justice McSurely"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Alfred E. Barr and B. F. RicholsoN, for appellant.",
      "William Sheemah Carsoh, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Victor A. Rossbach, Appellee, v. Tincher Motor Car Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 17,072.\n1. Damages \u2014 breach of guaranty on automoVile. In an action for breach of a guaranty contained in the contract of sale of an automobile to supply any part shown to be defective when returned to defendant, where plaintiff returned the entire car claiming it \u201cfailed utterly to fulfill the purpose for which it was sold,\u201d and seeks to recover on the theory that the guaranty was breached when he returned the car to defendant who failed to make it run properly, an instruction that the measure of damages was the difference between the actual value of the car at the time of said breach and what the value of the car would have been if the car had been made to run properly, plus the expenses incurred by plaintiff on account of defendant\u2019s failure to replace any defective parts, is erroneous, since it broadens a particular and limited guaranty into a general warranty of the fitness of the ear.\n2. Damages \u2014 breach of guaranty to replace defective parts of automobile. The proper measure of damages for breach of guaranty to supply without charge any part of an automobile that is shown to be defective, is the cost of supplying such defective parts plus the loss or damage shown to he the natural and proximate result of the breach.\nAppeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. William H. Hinebaugh, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1910.\nReversed and remanded.\nOpinion filed April 3, 1913.\nAlfred E. Barr and B. F. RicholsoN, for appellant.\nWilliam Sheemah Carsoh, for appellee."
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