Utilities Electrical MacHine Corp. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Affirming.

Appellant, plaintiff below, was an Ohio corporation engaged in buying and selling secondhand machinery in the capacity of “dealer,” under proper certificate issued to it by the Federal OPA. Appellee, a distillery corporation, was at times engaged in the manufacture' of alcohol for war purposes, and entitled to priorities in the procurement of equipment in the operation of its plant when thus engaged. Since the petition undertakes to plead facts in respect of the transaction, it is not amiss to incorporate them in more or less detail.…