Britt v. Leaderbrand

Plaintiff, a commercial co-partnership, composed of Grover H. Britt and T. R. Britt, on January 24, 1947, purchased from the defendant, Ralph L. Leaderbrand, doing business in the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, under the trade name of Southern Mercantile Company, a large sized secondhand Hill 2-compartment cooler, for use in the conduct of plaintiff's retail meat and vegetable business in said city. The cooler had been in use for some years at Barksdale Field by the Government, and was acquired by the defendant a brief time prior to its sale to the plaintiff. It was installed in plaintiff's…