Sec. 1500. Acceptance Of Property Delivered As Performance
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This section is from the book "The Law Of Contracts", by William Herbert Page. Also available from Amazon: Commercial Contracts: A Practical Guide to Deals, Contracts, Agreements and Promises.
Sec. 1500. Acceptance Of Property Delivered As Performance
If the promisee, with the knowledge of the breach, voluntarily retains property delivered to him in performance of the contract, which property it is possible for him to return to the promisor, such retention will amount to a waiver of the breach so as to preclude him from using such breach as a discharge.1 So under a contract for the sale of chattels, acceptance of chattels which do not conform to the terms of the contract, with full knowledge of such facts, or with full opportunity to learn them, is a waiver of such breach, and the vendee cannot avoid liability under the contract by reason thereof.2 Thus accepting seats of a different design,3 beds of a different width,4 or soda ash of a lower per cent of alkali,5 from that specified in the contract, waives the right to treat such breach as a discharge.
17 Coleman v. Bank, 115 Ala. 307; 52 So. 84.
18 Corbett v. Schulte, 119 Mich. 249; 77 N. W. 947.
19 Clark v. Neumann, 56 Neb. 5 74; 76 N. W. 892.
20 Coleman v. Bank, 115 Ala. 307; 22 So. 84; Corbett v. Schulte, 119 Mich. 249; 77 N. W. 947; McCourt v. Johns, 33 Or. 561; 53 Pac. 601.
21 Bennett v. Hiekey, 112 Mich. 379; 70 N. W. 900.
1 German Savings Institution v. Refrigerating Co., 70 Fed. 146; 17 C. C. A. 34.
2 Frey-Sheckler Co. v. Brick Co., 104 la. 494; 73 X. W. 1051; Hirsh-horn v. Stewart, 49 la. 418; Henkel v. Welsh, 41 Mich. 664; 3 N. W. 171; Gaff v. Homeyer, 59 Mo. 345; Waeber v. Talbot, 167 N. Y. 48; 82
Am. St. Rep. 712; 60 X. E. 288; Brady v. Cassidy, 145 N. Y. 171; 39 X. E. 814; Luger Furniture Co. v. Street, 6 Okla. 312; 50 Pac. 125; Harrisburg Lumber Co. v. Washburn, 29 Or. 150; 44 Pac. 390; Houston v. Cook, 153 Pa. St. 43; 25 Atl. 622; Thompson Mfg. Co. v. Gunderson, 106 Wis. 449; 49 L. R. A. 859; 82 X. W. 299; Cream City Glass Co. v. Friedlander, 84 Wis. 53; 36 Am. St. Rep. 895; 21 L. JR. A. 135; 54 X. W. 28.
3 Harrisburg Lumber Co. v. Washburn, 29 Or. 150; 44 Pac. 390.
4 Luger Furniture Co. v. Street. 6 Okla. 312; 50 Pac. 12.-).
5 Cream City Glass Co. v. Fried-lander, 84 Wis. 53; 36 Am. St. Rep. 895; 21 L. R. A. 135; 54 N. W. 28.
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