Getty v. Jett Ross Mines, Inc.

Plaintiffs, R. P. Getty and L. H. House, jointly purchased from defendant Jett Ross Mines, Inc., a corporation, a Northwest dragline shovel, a large machine used for excavating, for moving dirt or gravel, or as a crane. Charles L. Ross at all times herein mentioned, was president of defendant corporation, which purchased the “drag-line,” as we shall call it, in 1935 for a sum between twelve and thirteen thousand dollars. When purchased, the machine was new with the exception of the base, which had been rebuilt at the factory.

During the summers of 1935-1936, the corporation used the dragline…