2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 6 - Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions
Chapter 6-9 - Sale of Oils
Chapter 6-9-4 - Liability for undisclosed sale of tight-pressed oil.
§ 6-9-4 Liability for undisclosed sale of tight-pressed oil. – All oils sold under any of the names mentioned in § 6-9-3 which shall have been mixed with tight-pressed oil, shall be deemed tight-pressed oil; and the vendor of tight-pressed oil or of tight-pressed oil under any of the names mentioned in § 6-9-1 shall be liable to the purchaser for double the value of the difference between the first quality of spermaceti oil and tight-pressed oil, unless at the time of sale the vendor shall disclose to the purchaser the mixture, and if not mixed, its quality; and if disclosure shall not be made the vendor shall forfeit twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to the use of the person suing for disclosure.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 143, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 169, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 199, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 381, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 6-9-4.)
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