Potomac Steamboat Co. v. Harlan & Hollingsworth Co.

The Potomac Steamboat Company, a body corporate, instituted an action in the Baltimore City Court, against the Harlan and Hollingsworth Company, another body *44corporate, for the recovery of damages. It is averred in the declaration that, in conformity with the terms of a contract under seal, the defendant undertook to huild for the plaintiff a large wooden side-wheel steamboat with the requisite propelling engines and machinery, ready and complete for service; and promised and covenanted that the said steamboat and machinery should be made of the best material, and should he constructed and…