WPCo 4Vj 0(yw@ 0J 0T3 0^ 0h 0rM 0| 0; 0 1uQ 0d UB* %l U6r B) DC AM U*a  Bv~Vv D3 0@ 0l 0D AO 0D D/# BR^!3|xv($ bDcdeDfgDhiDjkӀ2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23    ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X<6X9`(*Courier 12pt10cpiX<  9p`(Courier New% Line 7 d7Border 1dd- C << G<  9p`(Arial  !  #d#  ""   YYY FILED"X March21,1997CecilCrowson,Jr."AppellateCourtClerk  d  !#d#  g$       Plaintiffarguesthatheshouldhavethedifferenceinthe beforeand0 aftervalue placedonthetractorbyhim.Theevidenceestablishedtherepairsrestoredthetractortogoodconditionfortheuseintended.PtPtHH(FG(HH(d'hStyl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   h HD: Geneva  h HD: Geneva $$$$'dxd("$    ((3$ !      0  (#$  0  -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd ! .         \RA'\\RA'\7ZXXdd7R!# A1-j|`  `@Rߛ ̀@ INTHECOURTOFAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE@ EASTERNSECTION WILLIAMSMITH,    )C/ANO.03A019611CV00355      ) PlaintiffAppellee,  )WASHINGTONLAW      )v.      )HON.LEWISW.MAY,JR.,      )JUDGEMITCHELLBEARFIELD,   )      )AFFIRMEDAND DefendantAppellant. )REMANDEDJAMESA.NIDIFFER,JohnsonCity,forPlaintiffAppellee.MICHAELA.EASTRIDGE,JohnsonCity,forDefendantAppellant.@ OPINION @         Franks.J.  Thisdisputearoseoverthesaleofatractor.TheTrialJudgedeterminedthetractorwasdefectiveatthetimeofthesale,buthadbeenwarrantedotherwise,andheenteredjudgmentfordamagesforthepurchaserfor$6,421.47.  Thesellerhasappealed,insistingthatsellerexpressednowarrantiesatthetimeofsalewithinthemeaningofTennesseeCodeAnnotated472313.TheSectionaspertinenthereprovides:0 0 Expresswarrantiesbyaffirmation,promise,description,sample. (1)Expresswarrantiesbythesellerarecreatedasfollows:0 0 (a)0 Anyaffirmationoffactorpromisemadebythesellertothebuyerwhichrelatestothegoodsandbecomespartofthebasisofthebargaincreatesanexpresswarrantythatthegoodsshallconformtotheaffirmationorpromise.0 0 ...0 0 (2) Itisnotnecessarytothecreationofanexpresswarrantythattheselleruseformalwordssuchas warrant or guarantee orthathehaveaspecificintentiontomakeawarranty,butanaffirmationmerelyofthevalueofthegoodsorastatementpurportingtobemerelythesellersopinionorcommendationofthegoodsdoesnotcreateawarranty.  Defendantinsiststhathisstatementthatthetractorwasingoodshapedidnotcreateanexpresswarranty.WecannotϜagreewhenhisrepresentationsareconsideredinthecontextofthebargain.Thepurchasertestifiedthathetalkedtotheselleraboutthetractor,toldthesellerwhattheyweregoingtodowiththetractor,andthesellerrepresentedthatitwouldbasicallydo whatweweregoingtodowithit .Thepurchaseraskediftherewasanythingwrongwiththetractor,andthesellertoldhimthatthewaterpumpwas leakingalittlebit buthehadfixedthewaterpumpthatday.Thesellerwasaskedaboutthehydraulics,andherepresentedthat theyworkedgood .Thesellerrepresentedthatthetractorwasingoodshapeandthathehaduseditforpurposessimilartotheirintendeduse.Thepurchasertestifiedthathereliedontheserepresentationsandpurchasedthetractor.Hefurthertestifiedthatwhentheyfirstusedthetractoritwasleakingandoverheating,andwhentheenginewasdismantleditwasdeterminedthat thewholethinghascrackedplumbthrough,pistonsandall .Thesellerwasinvitedtoexaminethetractor,whichhedeclined,andtherepairsweremadecostinginexcessof$6,000.00.  TheTrialJudgeassessedthecredibilityofthewitnesses,andbasedhisdecisiononthetestimonyofthepurchasers.  Underthetotalityofthecircumstances,weconcludeϜthesellerwarrantedthetractorforitsintendeduse,andthatthepurchaserreliedupontheserepresentations,makingthemapartofthebasisforthesale.SeeCooperPaintings&ϜCoatings,Inc.,v.SCMCorporation,62Tenn.App.13,457S.W.2d864(1970).  Theevidenceestablishesthetractordidnotconformtotherepresentationsmadebytheselleratthetimeofthesale,andunderthecircumstances,thesellerwasgiventimelynoticeofthisbreach.  Finally,theevidencedoesnotpreponderateagainsttheTrialJudgesawardofdamages, %   כandweconcludethattheplaintiffsinsistenceforprejudgmentinterestismisplaced.ϜTheevidencedoesnotestablishabasisforsuchaward.SeeMitchellv.Mitchell,876S.W.2d830,(Tenn.1994).  ThejudgmentoftheTrialCourtisaffirmed,andthecauseremandedatAppellantscost.      ________________________      HerschelP.Franks,J.CONCUR:___________________________HoustonM.Goddard,P.J.___________________________WilliamH.Inman,Sr.J.