Vendor Liability for Latent Breach of Warranty

A vendor who sold perishable goods with a defect that was not apparent upon delivery, despite having warranted the goods to be free of such defects, was sued for breach of warranty after the buyer discovered the defect shortly after acceptance. The court upheld the lower court's finding that the vendor was liable, reasoning that the latent defect, which rendered the goods unfit for their intended purpose, constituted a breach of the contractual warranty of quality, even though the defect was not discovered immediately, as the warranty extends to hidden defects that manifest during the normal intended use of the object.