Woodland Oil Co. v. A. M. Byers & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 187, Oct. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1903, No. 146, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Woodland Oil Company, for use of M. J. Gormley, v. A. M. Byers & Company. Assumpsit for breach of warranty in contract of sale. Before Carnahan, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,959.44. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 187, Oct. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1903, No. 146, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Woodland Oil Company, for use of M. J. Gormley, v. A. M. Byers & Company. Assumpsit for breach of warranty in contract of sale. Before Carnahan, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,959.44. Defendant appealed. Error assigned amongst others was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Pottee,
In May, 1895, the Woodland Oil Company engaged M. J. Gormley to drill for it an oil well. The company undertook to supply the casing for the well, and in the latter part of May it purchased about 1,200 feet of casing from A. M. Byers & Company, a corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale *243of such material. The casing was made of iron pipe in joints from twelve to twenty feet in length, intended to be screwed together at the ends. After Gormley had placed about 1,140 feet of the casing in the well, and had screwed on an additional joint, the collar, or…
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