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1. In the event we are concerned with the assessment of damages against the 2nd Defendant for breach of warranty of authority. The agreement into which he entered was for the sale of a shop at a price of $1,470,000. It is contended on his behalf that the Plaintiff became aware almost immediately that the owner denied the 2nd Defendant's authority to sell and that, accordingly, he ought to have taken steps to mitigate his damage by purchasing elsewhere. Indeed, it is said that there was evidence