Diamond Music Co. v. Lamazon

WESTERFIELD, J. Plaintiff claims $173.00 as a balance due on the purchase price of a Thompson Neutrodyne radio set. Defendant admits buying the radio set and does not dispute the amount claimed to be due thereon, but, he says, the radio could not be made to function. Defendant avers, and plaintiff admits, that he bought the radio for the express purpose of “getting” or tuning in on out of town stations. Indeed, the price agreed upon, $230.00, would indicate that its activities should not be confined to local stations. Defendant conducts a retail grocery store and the radio was intended for the entertainment of his customers. It is an elementary principle of law that the vendor warrants the thing sold to be fit for the purposes for which it was intended. American Paint Works vs. Metalrie Ridge Nursery Co., 1 La. App. 396. The only question presented is one of fact. Namely, was the radio capable of tuning in on out-of-town stations. There is some evidence to the effect that the machine was tested before being delivered to defendant and that on one occasion someone in plaintiff’s employ “got” Pitts-burg and a radio program broadcasted ■ there is said to have been reproduced by the radio sold defendant though it is not claimed to have been more than a faint [114] and indistinct reproduction. Defendant denies that the radio go.t Pittsburg, faintly or otherwise. It seems to us that it would have been an easy matter for plaintiff to have demonstrated to the court the effectiveness of the radio if it was effective with out-of-town stations. The trial judge resolved the question in defendant’s favor by non-suiting plaintiff. We are unable to say that he was manifestly wrong. The judgment appealed from is affirmed.