In the sales transaction neither side knew it to be other than briziletto, nor was any fraud imputed.

Upon delivery plaintiff discovered the wood delivered was not braziletto and filed suit arguing that there was an implied warranty.

The court ruled in favor of the defendant and that he was not liable to a refund and has acted in good faith.

Mentioning the wood as braziletto in the bill of parcels and in the advertisement prior to the sale, did not amount to a warranty.

Laidlaw v. Organ, an 1817 decision by Chief Justice John Marshall, is believed to have been the first U.S. Supreme Court case which laid down the rule of caveat emptor.