Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Tacony Iron Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 247, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June Term, 1910, No. 280, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company v. Tacony Iron Company. Assumpsit for goods sold and delivered. Before Barratt, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. At the trial the court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
This action was brought to recover $702, with interest, upon a contract dated April 16, 1907, by which the plaintiff agreed to furnish and deliver to the defendant 500 tons of Grey-Forge Sloss pig iron, under terms and conditions set forth at length in a copy attached to the plaintiff’s statement. Thirty-nine of the tons called for were delivered to a railroad company at Birmingham, Alabama, where the iron was made, to be shipped to the defendants at Tacony, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
On April 30, 1907, the shipments were forwarded, and were tendered by the Pennsylvania…
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