Potter v. Shields
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ingham; Collingwood, J. Assumpsit in justice’s court by James W. Potter against Thomas J. Shields and another for breach of warranty of a steam boiler. Prom a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for plaintiff, defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
The plaintiff is the owner of a house in the city of Lansing which had a steam-heating system with about 550 feet of radiation. Desiring to install a boiler of greater capacity than the one then in use, in the winter of 1910, he examined a boiler known as the Ideal No. 046, manufactured by the American Radiator Company, and which was in the home of Richard Scott in said city, to which was attached at that time about 600 feet of radiation. Wishing to install “a duplicate of the Scott job,” he applied to the defendants for a price to furnish and install the same, and in reply he received the…
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