Sec. 42a-2-607. Effect of acceptance; notice of breach; burden of establishing breach after acceptance; notice of claim or litigation to person answerable over.

      Sec. 42a-2-607. Effect of acceptance; notice of breach; burden of establishing breach after acceptance; notice of claim or litigation to person answerable over. (1) The buyer must pay at the contract rate for any goods accepted.

      (2) Acceptance of goods by the buyer precludes rejection of the goods accepted and if made with knowledge of a nonconformity cannot be revoked because of it unless the acceptance was on the reasonable assumption that the nonconformity would be seasonably cured but acceptance does not of itself impair any other remedy provided by this article for nonconformity.

      (3) Where a tender has been accepted (a) the buyer must within a reasonable time after he discovers or should have discovered any breach notify the seller of breach or be barred from any remedy; and (b) if the claim is one for infringement or the like and the buyer is sued as a result of such a breach he must so notify the seller within a reasonable time after he receives notice of the litigation or be barred from any remedy over for liability established by the litigation.

      (4) The burden is on the buyer to establish any breach with respect to the goods accepted.

      (5) Where the buyer is sued for breach of a warranty or other obligation for which his seller is answerable over (a) he may give his seller written notice of the litigation. If the notice states that the seller may come in and defend and that if the seller does not do so he will be bound in any action against him by his buyer by any determination of fact common to the two litigations, then unless the seller after seasonable receipt of the notice does come in and defend he is so bound. (b) If the claim is one for infringement or the like the original seller may demand in writing that his buyer turn over to him control of the litigation including settlement or else be barred from any remedy over and if he also agrees to bear all expense and to satisfy any adverse judgment, then unless the buyer after seasonable receipt of the demand does turn over control the buyer is so barred.

      (6) The provisions of subsections (3), (4) and (5) apply to any obligation of a buyer to hold the seller harmless against infringement or the like as provided by subsection (3) of section 42a-2-312.

      (1959, P.A. 133, S. 2-607.)

      Annotations to former statutes:

      (1958 Rev., S. 42-49): Acceptance may be evidence of waiver of defects. 77 C. 124; 75 C. 469; 86 C. 22. Acceptance held not to preclude action for defective quality where buyer makes seasonable complaint. 102 C. 552. Parties may stipulate that all objections must be made within a certain time. 104 C. 681. Claiming after a year that waterproofing materials were unsatisfactory is not within reasonable time. 111 C. 567. Purpose of notice is to inform seller that buyer will look to him for damages for breach; notice need take no special form. 112 C. 187. Cited. Id., 393. Cited. 138 C. 123. Cited. 141 C. 450. Reasonable time a question for jury; a little over three weeks reasonable notice of injury from food. 127 C. 226. Notice to seller within a reasonable time is a condition precedent to a buyer's right to recover. 139 C. 65.

      A buyer must allege as the basis of his claim that the terms of the statute, which are far more liberal than the rules at common law, have been complied with. 4 CS 464. Giving of notice need not be alleged in the complaint where the defect was not attacked in the pleadings or by objection to evidence offered. 11 CS 161. No special form of notice required. 18 CS 314.

      (1958 Rev., S. 42-51): Breach of guaranty as to satisfactory operation of machine no excuse for failure to accept. 66 C. 67. Unauthorized marking of goods made in another state so as to make them unsalable held good ground for refusing to accept. 81 C. 115. Sale of "suitable" goods does not give vendor sole right to determine whether goods are such. 82 C. 220. Effect of making new contract on refusal to accept goods. 83 C. 65. See note to Sec. 42a-2-708.

      Annotations to present section:

      Cited. 184 C. 10. Cited. 218 C. 297.

      Cited. 27 CA 688.

      Subsec. (1):

      Cited. 182 C. 561. Cited. 183 C. 266. Cited. 189 C. 433.

      Cited. 1 CA 249.

      Subsec. (2):

      Cited. 182 C. 561. Cited. 202 C 277.

      Subsec. (3):

      Subdiv. (a) cited. 182 C. 561; 184 C. 607; 196 C. 509.

      Failure of buyer of accepted goods to comply with notice requirement of statute did not deprive trial court of subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate plaintiffs' claims under the Uniform Commercial Code and was not a bar to plaintiffs' recovery. 96 CA 142.

      Third party beneficiary of express and implied warranties was not required to give notice of their breach to manufacturer as condition precedent of suit. 26 CS 223. Subdiv. (a) cited. 39 CS 107.

      Subsec. (4):

      Cited. 172 C. 112. Cited. 182 C. 561. Cited. 189 C. 433.

      Cited. 1 CA 249.

      Subsec. (5):

      Cited. 26 CS 222.