Lockwood Manufacturing Co. v. Mason Regulator Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract on an alleged warranty of two pumps made for the plaintiff by the defendant under an agreement in writing with certain specifications. Writ dated December 6, 1901. On appeal to the Superior Court the case was tried before Pierce, J., who ordered a verdict for the defendant under the circumstances stated by the court. The plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The defendant agreed to build for the plaintiff two steam pumps according to specifications in writing, which gave the capacity, materials, mode of construction and other qualities of the pumps'. They were afterwards built and paid for, and this action is brought to recover damages for an alleged breach of the warranty contained in the contract. After receiving the specifications the defendant, in a letter to the plaintiff, wrote as follows: “We will manufacture for you two pumps to conform to the specifications which you sent us on the 15th inst., and guarantee the same to work in a satisfac*26t…
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