Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THOMPSON v. TATE. The vendor of goods is liable for affirming the goods to possess a quality which would increase their value, if it turns out that the goods do not possess this quality, although the vendor did not know that the affirmation was false. From Hillsborough. BY THE COURT. Upon this question there can be no doubt: the vendor is clearly liable, and the rule for a new trial must be discharged. Cited: McKinnon v. McIntosh, 98 N.C. 92; Wrenn v. Morgan, 148 N.C. 105.