Hayes Construction Co. v. Silverthorn

This case involves charges of fraud and breach of contract. It arises out of the defective performance of a number of Coleman furnaces.

The plaintiff is the Hayes Construction Company, a Michigan corporation. The moving party therein, the sole stockholder, is Milton Ratner. “Actually I am Hayes Construction Company.” Accordingly, when we hereafter speak of what Ratner said or what Ratner knew or what Ratner did, it may be understood that his corporate creature, plaintiff herein, spoke the same words, possessed the same knowledge, and undertook the same actions. Ratner is a builder of long…