Rondinella v. Southern Railway Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia upon a verdict directed by the Court, in an action for the alleged breach of a contract of sale.
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Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia upon a verdict directed by the Court, in an action for the alleged breach of a contract of sale. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Lino F. Rondinella, from a judgment of the supreme court of the District of Columbia upon a verdict for the defendant, the Southern Railway Company, in an action in assumpsit to recover the price of an electric photographic printing machine. It appears that, in response to a request from the engineer of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Orsdel
The declaration contains four counts. In the first count, plaintiff sues for $225 for a certain photographic printing machine known as the “Star photo-printing machine,” which sum he alleges the defendant agreed to pay or return the machine within. thirty days, which he alleges was not done. In the second count, plaintiff sues for $205 for the materials sent to defendant by order of plaintiff from the Cooper-Hewitt Company; and in count three for $12 for one extra pair of bearing frames for said machine, which sale he claims was absolute, qnd without the option of returning by defendant. In…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Campbell Printing-Press Co. v. ThorpU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan · 1888
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