Sale of Goods Contract Rescission for Misrepresentation of Origin

A contract for the sale of goods was formed between parties, but the buyer subsequently refused to execute the purchase, arguing that the seller's representations regarding the origin of the goods constituted fraudulent misrepresentation. The lower court upheld the refusal to execute the sale based on this misrepresentation. The Court of Cassation quashed the lower court's decision, reasoning that while misrepresentation can vitiate consent, the error must relate to the essential qualities of the object of the contract, and in this case, the purported origin of the goods, which was not deemed a determining factor in the buyer's consent to purchase the specific items, did not rise to the level of an essential quality justifying the contract's annulment.