Article 2-272

Under U.C.C. Article 2-102, the sale of the car for $10,000 falls under the scope of the U.C.C. because it involved a contract for the sale of goods, defined as “tangible…[and] moveable from place to place” (Law and Commerce 232). Thus, the articles within the U.C.C. are to be applied to this case. When A sold the car to B, the car’s title moved from A to B. According to the U.C.C., “title passes to the buyer at the time and place at which the seller completed his performance” (Article 2-401). A completed his performance when the car became in the possession of B, therefore, the right of ownership, or title, of the car is now borne by B. When the car was subsequently destroyed, the loss fell on B. The risk of loss is allocated to the buyer, B, as stated in Article 2-509, because the good was already delivered and the buyer was in possession of the good. …show more content…
In doing so, B breached the contract with A. “A buyer breaches a sales contract when she… fails to pay the seller in accordance with the contract” (Law and Commerce 248). The breach happened when the good was already in the hands of the buyer, thus the “seller may recover the entire contract price plus incidental damages” (Law and Commerce 249). This gives A the right to pursue B for the amount originally agreed upon in the sale of the car, plus any costs that resulted in B’s breach. A cost resulting in B’s breach includes the expense suffered by C from their bank because the dishonored check failed to