CHAPTER 3. General Obligation and Construction of Contract [2301. - 2328.]
Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1963, Ch. 819.
§§ 2301–2328 · 26 sections
- § 2301 The obligation of the seller is to transfer and deliver and that of the buyer is to accept and pay in accordance with the contract.
- § 2303 Where this division allocates a risk or a burden as between the parties “unless otherwise agreed,” the agreement may not only shift the allocation but may also…
- § 2304 (1) The price can be made payable in money or otherwise. If it is payable in whole or in part in goods each party is a seller of the goods which he is to…
- § 2305 (1) The parties if they so intend can conclude a contract for sale even though the price is not settled. In such a case the price is a reasonable price at the…
- § 2306 (1) A term which measures the quantity by the output of the seller or the requirements of the buyer means such actual output or requirements as may occur in…
- § 2307 Unless otherwise agreed all goods called for by a contract for sale must be tendered in a single delivery and payment is due only on such tender but where the…
- § 2308 Unless otherwise agreed (a) The place for delivery of goods is the seller’s place of business or if he has none his residence; but (b) In a contract for sale…
- § 2309 (1) The time for shipment or delivery or any other action under a contract if not provided in this division or agreed upon shall be a reasonable time. (2)…
- § 2310 Unless otherwise agreed: (a) Payment is due at the time and place at which the buyer is to receive the goods even though the place of shipment is the place of…
- § 2311 (1) An agreement for sale which is otherwise sufficiently definite (subdivision (3) of Section 2204) to be a contract is not made invalid by the fact that it…
- § 2312 (1) Subject to subdivision (2) there is in a contract for sale a warranty by the seller that (a) The title conveyed shall be good, and its transfer rightful;…
- § 2313 (1) Express warranties by the seller are created as follows: (a) Any affirmation of fact or promise made by the seller to the buyer which relates to the goods…
- § 2314 (1) Unless excluded or modified (Section 2316), a warranty that the goods shall be merchantable is implied in a contract for their sale if the seller is a…
- § 2315 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…
- § 2316 (1) Words or conduct relevant to the creation of an express warranty and words or conduct tending to negate or limit warranty shall be construed wherever…
- § 2317 Warranties whether express or implied shall be construed as consistent with each other and as cumulative, but if such construction is unreasonable the…
- § 2319 (1) 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…
- § 2320 (1) The term C.I.F. means that the price includes in a lump sum the cost of the goods and the insurance and freight to the named destination. The term C. & F.…
- § 2321 Under a contract containing a term C.I.F. or C. & F. (1) Where the price is based on or is to be adjusted according to “net landed weights,” “delivered…
- § 2322 (1) 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…
- § 2323 (1) 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…
- § 2324 Under a term “no arrival, no sale” or terms of like meaning, unless otherwise agreed, (a) The seller must properly ship conforming goods and if they arrive by…
- § 2325 (1) Failure of the buyer seasonably to furnish an agreed letter of credit is a breach of the contract for sale. (2) The delivery to seller of a proper letter…
- § 2326 (1) Unless otherwise agreed, if delivered goods may be returned by the buyer even though they conform to the contract, the transaction is (a) A “sale on…
- § 2327 (1) Under sale on approval unless otherwise agreed (a) Although the goods are identified to the contract the risk of loss and the title do not pass to the…
- § 2328 (1) In a sale by auction if goods are put up in lots each lot is the subject of a separate sale. (2) A sale by auction is complete when the auctioneer so…