Springfield Engine Stop Co. v. Sharp
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for $200, the price of an engine stop installed in the factory of the defendants at Taunton. Writ dated August 24, 1901. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Mason, C. J., who at the close of the evidence ordered a verdict for the defendants. The plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
This was an action for the price of an engine stop. A verdict for the defendants was ordered by the judge, and the case is here on an exception to that ruling.
It appeared that the plaintiff placed an engine stop on an engine of the defendants, for a thirty days’ trial, in competition with another engine stop. The price was to be $200, and the stop was to be taken off by the plaintiff if the defendants did not like the stop. The contract was by word of mouth, and nothing was said as to what should be done at the end of the thirty days if the defendants decided not to take the stop. The stop…
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