Can a purchaser reject the goods if they are not put in order?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Home Gas Limited v. Streeter, 1953 CanLII 211 (SK CA):
If there was ever a case where a purchaser was entitled to reject the goods this is it. On the other hand the law in respect to the rejection of goods is very clear. No particular form of notice of rejection is necessary. The buyer may return the goods or offer to return them and it is sufficient to signify his rejection of them by stating that they are not according to the contract and that they are held at the vendor’s risk. See Grimoldby v. Wells (1875) LR 10 CP 391, at 395, 44 LJCP 203. As far as I can find from the evidence the defendant, although trying desperately to have the stove put in order, did not reject it.
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