HARDWICK GAME FARM v. SUFFOLK AGRICULTURAL AND POULTRY PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION, LTD.; WM. LILLICO & SON, LTD. (FIRST THIRD PARTY); GRIMSDALE & SONS, LTD. (SECOND THIRD PARTY); HENRY KENDALL & SONS (FIRST FOURTH PARTY); HOLLAND-COLOMBO TRADING SOCIETY, LTD. (SECOND FOURTH PARTY)
[1966] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 197
COURT OF APPEAL
Before Lord Justice Sellers, Lord Justice Davies and Lord Justice Diplock
Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1926 - Implied warranty of suitability - Whether applicable to feeding stuffs for pheasants and partridges-Whether applicable only to specific article sold in original state - Meaning of "poultry".
-C.i.f. contracts-Applicability of Act-Unascertained goods-Passing of property.
Sale of goods-Fitness for purpose-Implied condition-Whether fact that buyers and sellers were members of the same Trade Association rebutted presumption that buyers relied on sellers' judgment-Sale of Goods Act, 1893, Sect. 14 (1).
-Merchantable quality - Implied condition - Sale of Goods Act, 1893, Sect. 14 (2).
Contract-Implied term from course of dealing-Whether conditions printed on contract notes sent to buyers in previous dealings
could be impliedly incorporated into contract although buyers had never read those conditions.
-Latent defects clause - Whether apt to exclude liability for breach of implied condition as to fitness or whether restricted to quality.