Hamilton Watch Co. v. George W. Borg Corp.

Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, brought suit against the George W. Borg Corporation of Chicago for the alleged breach of an agreement by defendant to reimburse plaintiff for a specific import duty, in the event plaintiff should be called upon by the United States Customs to pay it, on certain colleted hairsprings imported by plaintiff from Switzerland during the years 1934-37, which plaintiff sold to defendant for use in the manufacture of automobile clocks. The complaint consisted of three counts, one claiming the sum of $137,060.58, another $68,530.29, and the third…