Schaeffer Piano Mfg. Co. v. National Fire Extinguisher Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. The writ of error No. 1,257 is prosecuted by Schaeffer Piano Manufacturing Company, as the defendant below, in an action of assumpsit, brought by National Fire Extinguisher Company, as plaintiff, upon express contract, to recover the value of its property destroyed by fire, while engaged in equipping the defendant’s plant with a fire extinguishing apparatus.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. The writ of error No. 1,257 is prosecuted by Schaeffer Piano Manufacturing Company, as the defendant below, in an action of assumpsit, brought by National Fire Extinguisher Company, as plaintiff, upon express contract, to recover the value of its property destroyed by fire, while engaged in equipping the defendant’s plant with a fire extinguishing apparatus. Judgment was entered upon findings of a referee, adopted by the court with modifications disallowing certain amounts, and…
1Opinion of the CourtSeaman, Circuit Judge
■ The plaintiff in'error in the original suit, who was the defendant below, is designated- in-this-opinion as the “Piano Company/’ while the plantiff below is-referred to-as the “Sprinkler Company.” As each prosecutes a writ of error, their contentions under one and the other writ are respectively so considered.
I. On the W.rit,of the Piano Company.
Upon the finding of facts the sprinkler company recovered judgment for $1,685.9.8, as damages caused by fire and recoverable against the piano company under a clause of the contract between them for a sprinkler equipment.- Reversal is sought by the…
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- Howard v. Stillwell & Bierce Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Tompkins v. . DudleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Dermott v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
- Crane Elevator Co. v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1897
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