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...Where the seller at the time of contracting has reason to know any particular purpose for which the goods are required and that the buyer is relying on the seller's skill or judgment to select or furnish suitable goods, there is unless excluded or modified under section 1302.29 of the Revised Code an implied warranty that the goods shall be fit for such purpose.

...the buyer before entering into the contract has examined the goods or the sample or model as fully as he desired or has refused to examine the goods there is no implied warranty with regard to defects which an examination ought in the circumstances to have revealed to him; and (3) an implied warranty can also be excluded or modified by course of dealing or course of performance or usage of trade; and (4) with respe...

...ntion the following rules apply: (A) Exact or technical specifications displace an inconsistent sample or model or general language of description. (B) A sample from an existing bulk displaces inconsistent general language of description. (C) Express warranties displace inconsistent implied warranties other than an implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose.

...A seller's warranty whether express or implied extends to any natural person who is in the family or household of his buyer or who is a guest in his home if it is reasonable to expect that such person may use, consume, or be affected by the goods and who is injured in person by breach of the warranty. A seller may not exclude or limit the operation of this section.

...(A) Unless otherwise agreed the term F.O.B. (which means "free on board") at a named place, even though used only in connection with the stated price, is a delivery term under which: (1) when the term is F.O.B. the place of shipment, the seller must at that place ship the goods in the manner provided in section 1302.48 of the Revised Code and bear the expense and risk of putting them into the possession of the carri...

...ual amount, in the currency of the contract, shown to cover the same goods covered by the bill of lading and providing for payment of loss to the order of the buyer or for the account of whom it may concern; but the seller may add to the price the amount of the premium for any such war risk insurance; and (4) prepare an invoice of the goods and procure any other documents required to effect shipment or to comply wit...

...Under a contract containing a term C.I.F. or C. & F.: (A) Where the price is based on or is to be adjusted according to "net landed weights ", "delivered weights ", "out turn" quantity or quality or the like, unless otherwise agreed the seller must reasonably estimate the price. The payment due on tender of the documents called for by the contract is the amount so estimated, but after final adjustment of the price a...

...(A) Unless otherwise agreed a term for delivery of goods "ex-ship" (which means from the carrying vessel) or in equivalent language is not restricted to a particular ship and requires delivery from a ship which has reached a place at the named port of destination where goods of the kind are usually discharged. (B) Under such a term unless otherwise agreed: (1) the seller must discharge all liens arising out of the ...

...(A) Where the contract contemplates overseas shipment and contains a term C.I.F. or C. & F. or F.O.B. vessel, the seller unless otherwise agreed must obtain a negotiable bill of lading stating that the goods have been loaded on board or, in the case of a term C.I.F. or C.&F., received for shipment. (B) Where in a case within division (A) of this section, a tangible bill of lading has been issued in a set of pa...

...ted as no longer to conform to the contract or arrive after the contract time, the buyer may proceed as if there had been casualty to identified goods as provided in section 1302.71 of the Revised Code.

...etter of credit is a breach of the contract for sale. (B) The delivery to seller of a proper letter of credit suspends the buyer's obligation to pay. If the letter of credit is dishonored, the seller may on seasonable notification to the buyer require payment directly from him. (C) Unless otherwise agreed the term "letter of credit" or "banker's credit" in a contract for sale means an irrevocable credit issued by a...

...er even though they conform to the contract, the transaction is: (1) a "sale on approval" if the goods are delivered primarily for use, and (2) a "sale or return" if the goods are delivered primarily for resale. (B) Goods held on approval are not subject to the claims of the buyer's creditors until acceptance. Goods held on sale or return are subject to the claims of the buyer's creditor's while in the buyer's ...

...gh the goods are identified to the contract the risk of loss and the title do not pass to the buyer until acceptance; and (2) use of the goods consistent with the purpose of trial is not acceptance but failure seasonably to notify the seller of election to return the goods is acceptance, and if the goods conform to the contract acceptance of any part is acceptance of the whole; and (3) after due notification of ele...

...e time. In either case a bidder may retract his bid until the auctioneer's announcement of completion of the sale, but a bidder's retraction does not revive any previous bid. (D) If the auctioneer knowingly receives a bid on the seller's behalf or the seller makes or procures such a bid, and notice has not been given that liberty for such bidding is reserved, the buyer may at his option avoid the sale or take the go...

...Title to goods cannot pass under a contract for sale prior to their identification to the contract pursuant to section 1302.45 of the Revised Code, and unless otherwise explicitly agreed the buyer acquires by their identification a special property as limited by Chapters 1301., 1302., 1303., 1304., 1305., 1307., 1308., 1309., and 1310. of the Revised Code. Any retention or reservation by the seller of the title...

...ds which have been identified to a contract for sale are subject to the buyer's rights to recover the goods pursuant to sections 1302.46 and 1302.90 of the Revised Code. (B) A creditor of the seller may treat a sale or an identification of goods to a contract for sale as void if as against the seller a retention of possession by the seller is fraudulent under any rule of law of the state where the goods are situate...

... goods have been delivered under a transaction of purchase, the purchaser has such power even though: (1) The transferor was deceived as to the identity of the purchaser, or (2) The delivery was in exchange for a check which is later dishonored, or (3) It was agreed that the transaction was to be a "cash sale", or (4) The delivery was procured through fraud punishable as larcenous under the criminal law. (...

...isting goods as goods to which the contract refers even though the goods so identified are non conforming and he has an option to return or reject them. Such identification can be made at any time and in any manner explicitly agreed to by the parties. In the absence of explicit agreement identification occurs: (1) when the contract is made if it is for the sale of goods already existing and identified; (2) if the ...

...ails to deliver as required by the contract; or (2) In all cases, the seller becomes insolvent within ten days after receipt of the first installment on their price. (B) The buyer's right to recover the goods under division (A)(1) of this section vests upon acquisition of a special property, even if the seller had not then repudiated or failed to deliver. (C) If the identification creating the buyer's special pro...

...defeats the tender. (E) Where the contract requires the seller to deliver documents: (1) the seller must tender all such documents in correct form, except as provided in division (B) of section 1302.36 of the Revised Code; and (2) tender through customary banking channels is sufficient and dishonor of a draft accompanying or associated with the documents constitutes nonacceptance or rejection.

...end the goods to the buyer and the contract does not require him to deliver them at a particular destination, then unless otherwise agreed he must: (A) put the goods in the possession of such a carrier and make such a contract for their transportation as may be reasonable having regard to the nature of the goods and other circumstances of the case; and (B) obtain and promptly deliver or tender in due form any docum...

...eller has identified goods to the contract by or before shipment: (1) the seller's procurement of a negotiable bill of lading to the seller's own order or otherwise reserves in the seller a security interest in the goods. The seller's procurement of the bill to the order of a financing agency or of the buyer indicates in addition only the seller's expectation of transferring that interest to the person named....

...(A) A financing agency by paying or purchasing for value a draft which relates to a shipment of goods acquires to the extent of the payment or purchase and in addition to its own rights under the draft and any document of title securing it any rights of the shipper in the goods including the right to stop delivery and the shipper's right to have the draft honored by the buyer. (B) The right to reimbursement o...

...ds and to payment according to the contract. (B) Where payment is due and demanded on the delivery to the buyer of goods or documents of title, his right as against the seller to retain or dispose of them is conditional upon his making the payment due.

...on to cure and may then within the contract time make a conforming delivery. (B) Where the buyer rejects a non-conforming tender which the seller had reasonable ground to believe would be acceptable with or without money allowance the seller may if he seasonably notifies the buyer, have a further reasonable time to substitute a conforming tender.