Auto-Ion Chemicals, Inc. v. Gates Rubber Co.

Plaintiff, Auto-Ion Chemicals, Inc., a Michigan corporation, brought this suit against defendant, Gates Rubber Company, a Colorado corporation, alleging breach of contract. Plaintiff ap peals as of right from a jury verdict of no canse of action.

The contract which formed the subject of this litigation required defendant to install a 3/16-inch rubber inner lining on plaintiff’s tanker truck to allow transportation of chemical substances. Plaintiff alleged below that electrical equipment on the tanker was damaged by defendant’s workmen and that because only a 1/16-inch lining was installed the…