In considering whether a statement amounts to a warranty in a contract, the court may have regard to the time which has elapsed between the time of making the statement and the final implementation of the agreement; if the interval is a long one, thus points to a representation.
Judges:
Sir Raymond Evershed MR, Denning, Romer LJJ
Citations:
[1954] EWCA Civ 8, [1954] 1 All ER 855, [1954] 1 WLR 615
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Prior of Southwards 1498
The prior complained because the defendant, who was a glover, had made a lime pit for calf-skins so close to a stream as to pollute it.
Held: If the glover had dug the lime pit in the prior’s soil, the action ought to be in trespass: but if it . .
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Contract
Updated: 12 July 2022; Ref: scu.262844