Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 004317/1980 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 19 February 1982.
1. By a writ, issued on the 1st May 1980, the plaintiff ("the seller") seeks to recover $17,700, being the price which the defendant ("the buyer") agreed to pay for 3,000 yards of Cotton Grey Satin, purchased in February 1980. By its Defence and Counterclaim, filed on the 9th May 1980, the buyer admits its liability for this sum, but seeks to set-off against this liability, damages for breach of the implied condition as to merchantable quality in respect of other goods, namely, 50,000 yards of C