Nichols v. Lea

In December, 1947, appellants, J. R,. and H. A. Nichols, brothers, and residents of Texas, sold and delivered (from their trailer truck), to appellees, Lea and Hogan, partners operating a gasoline station in Conway, Arkansas, $975 worth of anti-freeze in sealed one-gallon containers. The evidence Shows that at the time of the sale, appellants represented to appellees that the antifreeze was as good as Prestone, a well-known, standard anti-freeze, that it had the same base (Ethylene Grlycol) as Prestone, would mix with other anti-freeze then on the market, and was suitable and fit for the use…