Marvell Light & Ice Co. v. General Electric Co.

Appellee'instituted suit in the circuit court of Phillips County against appellants, to recover $735.99 for machinery which it sold and delivered to them, to be used in the construction of'an ice plant.

Appellants filed an answer, admitting the purchase of the machinery and the -correctness of the claim, but, by way of counterclaim, alleged special damages of $1,000 in lost profits on account of delay in delivering said machinery. The counterclaim is as follows:

“Further answering, and by way of counterclaim, the defendants charge and allege that on the 28th day of August, 1919, they entered…