Wee 14 Business
Pipes & Culverts Company orders six irrigation pumps from Quality Plumbing, Inc. The pumps are stored in Restorers Warehouse. Under the terms of the order, Quality must give Pipes & Culverts a warehouse receipt for the goods, which Pipes will then pick up. Title to the goods passes to Pipes & Culverts when
Quality gives Pipes & Culverts a warehouse receipt for the pumps.
Quest Outdoor Store orders RiverRun-brand kayaks from Sports Merchandise, Inc. Sports Merchandise mistakenly ships kayaks of the wrong size, which Quest rejects and returns via Trans-State Shipping Company. During the return, the kayaks are lost. The loss is suffered by
Sports Merchandise.
Band Instruments, Inc., sells seventy-six trombones to Community & School Band Source, Inc. To avoid liability for most implied warranties, Band Instruments should state in writing that the trombones are sold
as is
Household Products Corporation sells Ideal-brand vacuum cleaners to Jolly Discount Stores and other retailers. Household will have an insurable interest in the cleaners as long as
Household retains title to the goods.
Clean Mouth Clinic offers to buy from Dental Supplies Company a certain quantity of floss and other items for a certain price. Dental can accept the offer by
a promise to ship or a prompt shipment of the goods.
Business Rental Corporation (BRC) and Cartage Trucking Company enter into a contract for a lease of ten hydraulic lifts. Under the perfect tender rule, BRC must ship or tender goods to the lessee that
conform to the contract description in every way.
Pavers Inc. contracts to buy some heavy equipment from Earthmovers, Inc. Before either party performs, Earthmovers sells its assets to Excavation Corporation. On learning of the sale, Pavers is concerned about its contract with Earthmovers. Pavers should
demand assurances of performance from the seller.
Elegant Carpets, Inc., and Fantastic Floors Stores enter into a contract for a sale of carpeting to be delivered under a shipment contract. This contract requires Elegant Carpets, the seller, to
place the goods into the hands of a carrier.
Owen and Pablo enter into a contract for a sale of well-drilling equipment. Pablo pays, but Owen does not deliver. Pablo can normally recover as damages the difference between
the contract price and the market price.
Lucy owns a condominium that she leases to Marie, gives her son Neal $450 on his sixteenth birthday, and sells her car to her neighbor Odalles for $1,500. UCC Article 2 covers
the sale to Odalles.
