Harris v. Hampton Roads Tractor & Equipment Co.

Ross Harris instituted an action at law against Hampton Roads Tractor & Equipment Company, a corporation, for damages resulting from injuries he sustained while operating a crane with a tagline attached to the boom which the corporation had sold to his employer, Higgerson-Buchanan, Inc. The motion for judgment alleged that defendant negligently installed the tagline, and that it breached its implied warranty that the crane and tagline were fit for the purposes for which they were bought. At the conclusion of all the evidence defendant renewed its motion to strike plaintiff’s evidence…