International Harvester Co. of America v. Porter

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hannah

Affirming.

This is a companion case to International Harvester Company v. Bean, 159 Ky., 842.

W. E. Porter was engaged in the transfer business, transporting passengers and their baggage, and express and mail, between Beaver Dam in Ohio County and Morgantown in Butler County. Negotiations between him and agents of the International Harvester Company resulted in his agreeing to purchase an automobile for use on his transfer line. Porter knew comparatively nothing concerning automobiles, but he informed the company’s agents fully as to the use for which he…