Gutta Percha & Rubber Manufacturing Co. v. Wood

This suit was commenced before a *454justice of the peace to recover the sum of $46.80 for a> bill of goods described as “250 feet 6 in. Eed Strip rubber belt,’5 ordered by defendants, who reside at Mint, Mich., from plaintiff, a corporation doing business in. New York city, on July 9, 1887. The declaration was. upon the common counts in assumpsit. The defendants, pleaded the general issue, and gave notice that the belting had been warranted, and did not sustain the warranty, and of recoupment of damages therefor.

The plaintiff recovered judgment before the magistrate, and the defendants appealed…