Collins v. Richmond Stove Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for machinery and tools constructed for and delivered to the defendant; broug-ht to the Superior Court in New London County, and tried to the jury before Torrance, J. The complaint contained a special count on the contract and the common counts for services rendered and materials furnished, with a bill of particulars. The defense was a general denial and a set-off.
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Action to recover for machinery and tools constructed for and delivered to the defendant; broug-ht to the Superior Court in New London County, and tried to the jury before Torrance, J. The complaint contained a special count on the contract and the common counts for services rendered and materials furnished, with a bill of particulars. The defense was a general denial and a set-off. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, disallowing the set-off, and the defendant appealed to this court for error in the charge of the judge on his claim of set-off.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
The plaintiff is a manufacturer of va rious kinds of machinery. Ia the year 1892 he made for the defendant a pendant drill, a horizontal drill, and extension sockets. In doing the work certain castings were necessary. They were obtained by the plaintiff from other parties — Vaughn & Son, one Converse and one Bard. The plaintiff directed these other parties to charge the articles ordered by him to the defendant. In the language of the finding : — These articles were all ordered by the plaintiff and delivered to him and by his order charged to the defendant by the several parties0from whom the…
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