Pettingell Andrews Co. v. Schrafft
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for electrical supplies furnished for a building of the defendants under the circumstances stated in the opinion. Writ dated March 9, 1899. The case was referred to Henry S. Dewey, Esquire, as auditor. In the Superior Court it was tried before Raymond, J. The material facts are' stated in the opinion, A verdict was ordered for the plaintiff in the sum of $497.46; and the defendants alleged exceptions. The case was submitted on briefs.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The defendants were having certain alterations and repairs made in a factory building occupied by them in Boston, and in connection therewith had employed a firm of electrical *470contractors by the name of Millett and Miles, to put in an electric lighting equipment. Millett and Miles ordered supplies for the same of the plaintiff. The plaintiff wrote a letter to the defendants saying in substance that Millett and Miles had ordered from it supplies for the electric wiring which they were doing in the defendants’ factory; that it had no account with Millett and Miles; that Millett and Miles…
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