Bayliss MacHine & Welding Co. v. Huntsville Ice & Coal Co.

MAYFIELD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff-appellee rendered by the Circuit Court of Madison County.

The cause was tried without a jury. The plaintiff’s claim for damages arose out of an alleged fraudulent misrepresentation made by appellants’ agent in connection with the sale of a refrigeration unit by the defendants-appellants to the plaintiff-appellee. The appellee was engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling ice in the city of Huntsville, Alabama. Appellants are engaged in the business of selling refrigeration equipment. In April 1951, the…