Sale Of Goods Act Case Study

A contract for the sale of goods is contract by which the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a money consideration, called the price’[ ]

The Sale of Goods Act[ ] is the act that oversees contracts of sale of goods between buyers and seller, by this, it imposes responsibilities on sellers and buyer’s alike but more obligations on the seller and typifies them as conditions/warranties which are anticipated that a seller must provide to the buyer. A seller is one that sells goods to a person and the person who buys from the seller is referred to as the buyer. These duties from a seller include that:

1. The seller must keep to the terms and conditions that the parties to the contract have agreed upon, and if the terms have not been expressly stated in the contract, it is expected that he the seller must deliver the goods in question to the byer, or the property to him or transfer the said property or goods to the buyer as the contract requires.[ ]

2. A seller conveying or passing on goods, providing documentation of any kind, and transferring the property but not the passing of title. It is worth mentioning that, the passing of title is not controlled by the SGA but is overseen and

He is obligated to ensure that the goods conform to the agreed terms by examining them and he must notify the seller if there is a discrepancy within a reasonable time. In the context of the sale of good contract a warranty is related with the identification of quality delivered by the seller. Warrantied maybe implied or express. Implied warranties are place on the seller by the Sale of Goods Act, like that of a warranty of merchantability, that the goods in question are well and properly packaged and confirm to all agreed terms and they goods will pass without objection to the buyer and are fit to the purpose of use. While an express warranty affirms that a seller word or conduct about the goods can be