Collins & Burgie Co. v. Silver

The Collins & Burgie Company is a corporation engaged in the manufacture of stoves at Marengo, Illinois. On October 5, 1907, its plant was partially destroyed by fire. On November 16, it entered into a written contract to sell certain scrap iron and machinery to A. Silver, a dealer in junk and scrap iron at Belvidere, Illinois. After the fire and prior to-November 15, 1907, it leased from the Marengo Foundry and Machinery Company a new gasoline engine and temporarily placed it in its foundry for the purpose of running the blower. After the making of the contract for the sale of scrap iron and…