"Poor": Because she didn't like the look – a hangover dispute ended up in court
Created: 09/24/2022, 14:33
By: Katarina Amtmann
Because she didn't like the look of a Maine Coon cat, she sold him on.
The dispute with the breeder ended up in court (symbol image).
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A dispute between two women ends up in court in Bavaria.
At the center of the action is a Maine Coon tomcat - and his sale.
Nuremberg – Because a buyer did not like the look of a cat, she resold it – and thus sparked a court dispute.
The cat breeder sued the woman from the Ansbach district before the district court and demanded 5,000 euros from her, as a judicial spokesman announced on Thursday (September 22nd).
Ansbach/Nuremberg: Dispute about "inadequate" hangover ends up in court
The reason for the lawsuit: According to the purchase contract, the buyer should pay 700 euros for the Maine Coon cat.
Should the tomcat have offspring in the next two years, the saleswoman from Saxony-Anhalt should be allowed to choose a kitten.
Otherwise, the purchase price should be 1700 euros.
According to the court, however, the breeder did not receive a kitten.
Instead, the woman found out that the buyer had resold the cat, which the contract did not allow without her consent.
That's why she demanded a further 4,000 euros in penalty for the outstanding 1,000 euros.
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"Poor": Woman sells cat because she didn't like the look
However, the defendant refused to pay.
"In court, she objected that the cat she was given did not correspond to the contractual agreement and is therefore 'defective' in the legal sense," explained the spokesman.
The tomcat did not have the promised color and his ears were too small.
Therefore he was unsuitable for breeding.
In the end, the women agreed on a settlement, according to the district court: the buyer paid the breeder 1,000 euros, and both sides shared the court costs.
(came/dpa)
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