Shepler v. Korkut

Claiming fraud, breach of warranty and breach of contract, plaintiff alleged in his complaint: he operated a passenger service ferry between Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island, Michigan ; he needed an additional boat capable of carrying a large number of passengers at a certain speed; he entered into a contract with defendants Vinette and Kidd for construction thereof; he engaged the services of defendants Korkut and Korkut Engineers, Inc., of the State of Louisiana, as architects, to design the boat; the resulting boat did not operate due to faulty design and construction.

In their motion for…