Harper MacHinery Co. v. Ryan-Unmack Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover rent for the use of locomotives, dump-cars, and rails leased to and employed by the defendant in building a reservoir dam, and the price of merchandise sold, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Holcomb, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $515, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
In 1910 the plaintiff was a corporation having an office and place of business in New York City, and as part of its business was engaged in leasing to contractors locomotives, cars, rails, and machinery for construction work. At the same time the defendant was a corporation with its office and place of business in the city of New Haven, and was engaged in the business of general contracting work. In July, 1910, the defendant was carrying on its work in the erection of a dam in the town of Morris, in Litchfield County, for a reservoir for the city of Waterbury. July 19th, 1910, the plaintiff,…
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