Standard Register Co. v. Bolton-Emerson, Inc.

Warner, CJ.

This controversy arises out of an order placed on March 1, 1988, by the plaintiff Standard Register Company (Standard Register) with the defendant Bolton-Emerson, Inc. (Bolton), for the manufacture and delivery of a label machine known as a hot melt coater. We summarize the facts (none of which is challenged) as set forth by the *546trial judge in his memorandum of decision. Prior to the order, Standard Register informed Bolton that delivery of the coater by September 1, 1988, was critical to correspond with a move to a new production facility. Bolton officials John Fitzgerald,…