W. T. Pate Auto Co. v. W. J. Westbrook Elevator Co.

This is an appeal from a decree of the chancery court of the First district of Hinds county, sustaining a de murrer to the amended bill of complaint filed by the W. T. Tate Auto Company against the W. J. Westbrook Elevator Company. The amended bill of complaint alleges:

That “the complainant did lease of and from W. T. Pate that certain building on the southeast corner of Pearl and Parish streets; that in the building so thus leased was an elevator purchased by the said W. T. Pate from said non-resident, defendant; that an elevator is a thing that is obvious to the seller thereof; that a…