Charter Gas-Engine Co. v. Coleridge State Bank

Ragan, C.

The Charter Gas-Engine Company of Sterling, Illinois, wrote a letter to W. M. Shook at Coleridge, Nebraska, in which it stated: “We will furnish you a No. 6 Charter gas engine, thirty-six indicated, twenty-five actual, horsepower, for $1,250. * * * We guaranty that the Charter does not use to exceed one gallon of gasoline in ten hours to each indicated horse-power doing full work, and when part work is done the consumption is in proportion. . No settlement is asked for from responsible parties until the engine is running and meets our claims.” In response to this Shook sent the…