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 that there was a loose stud bolt on one of the cylinders, but that it would give no particular trouble and advised leaving it until the season’s work was done, as it was then getting late. This stud bolt was later chiseled out by one Krause, a man the defendant had hired to operate the engine. One cylinder was found to be cracked and leaking; that is, water was leaking from the water jacket into the combustion chamber. It is claimed by the plaintiff that this crack was caused by the chiseling operations, and by the defendant that the crack was there before any work was done to remove the stud bolt; one of the plaintiff’s witnesses testifying that he saw the crack before the stud bolt was chiseled out. The plaintiff meanwhile had hired one Kitts to put an Atwater-Kent ignition system on the tractor, and while he was working with it, it became apparent that a new cylinder was required. The defendant requested the plaintiff to supply this cylinder and claims that he told the plaintiff that if he did not do so the deal would be off. The plaintiff agreed to furnish it. A cylinder was supplied, but it did not fit, and before it could be put on several inches had to be cut off one end and adjustments made for connecting it with the water pipes. It had originally been difficult to start the engine, a Ford automobile having been found useful for this purpose. But after the new cylinder was put in, it apparently could not be started with a small tractor capable of pulling six plows which the defendant attached to it by a belt for the purpose of turning the engine over. The tractor in question has not been used since, and the cook car has been blown to pieces. The defendant, through his attorney, very soon after the demonstrated inability of the tractor to work, served upon the plainiff a purported rescission notice which was defective in that it did not include an offer to return the cook car. Soon after the settlement date this action was brought.

The trial court found in substance that the plaintiff warranted the engine to be in good working order; that the place of delivery agreed upon was the plaintiff’s farm; that delivery was made thereat according to the terms of the contract; that the defendant accepted the property and removed it to his premises; that the engine was not at the time in good working order as warranted; and, as a conclusion of law, it was found that while there was a breach of warranty there was not a sufficient recissionrescission [sic] of the sale contract. Judgment was entered for the plaintiff but without prejudice to the right of the defendant to bring an action for damages for breach of warranty.

We are of the opinion that the trial court erred in holding that there