Industron Corp. v. WALTHAM DOOR & WINDOW CO. INC.

This is an action of contract to recover the value of a machine and tubes destroyed by fire. A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $13,860.10. The case is here upon exceptions to the denial of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict and the refusal to give various requests for instructions.

There was testimony that the plaintiff is engaged in the application of high frequency, electric power to industrial processes. The defendant manufactures wood products. In November of 1957, Paul D. Zottu, president of the plaintiff, met Cosmo Caterino, president of the…