Legal Opinion

Silsby Manuf'g Co. v. Town of Chico

United States Circuit Court

Decided September 7, 1885PublishedCited by 12 opinions

At Law.

1Opinion of the CourtSawyer, J.

The only question in the ease upon which I have any difficulty arises out of the following provision of the contract:

“Tlie Silsby Manufacturing Oo. will send the above-described steam fire-engine to Chico, subject to the approval of the fire committee, and will warrant the workmanship, finish, and performance of the machine satisfactory to them, or remove the same without expense, ” etc.

The authorities are abundant to thq effect that upon a contract containing a provision that an article to be made and delivered shall be satisfactory to the purchaser, it must be satisfactory to Mm, or he is…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Brown v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  2. Zaleski v. ClarkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
  3. Walter A. Wood Reaping & Mowing Machine Co. v. SmithMichigan Supreme Court · 1883
  4. Gibson v. CranageMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
  5. Hoffman v. GallaherNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1875

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Choctaw & M. R. Co. v. NewtonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
  2. Livesley v. JohnstonOregon Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Osborne v. FrancisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Shepherd v. Union Central Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
  5. Goldberg v. FeldmanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1908

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