Kinney v. Federal Laundry Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

This action was brought by Kinney, as assignee of the Chicago Belting Company, against the Federal Laundry Company to recover the purchase price of certain belting sold and delivered to it by the belting company. By the terms of the contract of sale the vendee was to pay the purchase price within sixty days, and the vendor was to replace any of the belting which should prove defective. The defendant failed to pay the purchase-money when it fell due, and later repudiated its liability to do so upon the ground that some of the…