Hoffman v. Hockfield Bros.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 278, Oct. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from judgment of Municipal Court of Philadelphia, July T., 1919, No. 144, for defendants in case tried by the court without a jury in the suit of Philip J. Hoffman v. Benjamin Hockfield and Harry Hockfield, copartners, trading as Hockfield Brothers. Assumpsit for breach of warranty. Before Bonniwell, J., without a jury. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court entered judgment for defendant.
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Appeal, No. 278, Oct. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from judgment of Municipal Court of Philadelphia, July T., 1919, No. 144, for defendants in case tried by the court without a jury in the suit of Philip J. Hoffman v. Benjamin Hockfield and Harry Hockfield, copartners, trading as Hockfield Brothers. Assumpsit for breach of warranty. Before Bonniwell, J., without a jury. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court entered judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was refusal of plaintiff’s motion for judgment non obstante veredicto. The right to recover…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Linn, J.,
This case was tried in the municipal court by a judge without a jury, and he found for defendants. They were sued for $111.50 with interest from April 11,1918, damages alleged to have resulted from their breach of warranty made in the sale of certain furniture. Plaintiff averred and proved that he bought the furniture with a warranty that it was covered with genuine muleskin, but that the furniture delivered was covered with an imitation of muleskin. At the trial it was stipulated that *597the value of the furniture as warranted when delivered would have been $250. The purchase…
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