Livingston v. Reid-Hart Parr Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before McIver, J., Richland, February 1920. Action by T. M. Livingston v. Reid-Hart Parr Co. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
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Before McIver, J., Richland, February 1920. Action by T. M. Livingston v. Reid-Hart Parr Co. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals. The exceptions were as follows : 1. That his Honor erred in excluding the testimony of the witness G. W. Langford, offered for the purpose of showing that, as supervisor of Saluda County, he had purchased one or more of 'the New Hart-Parr tractors in 1917, and that they were unsuitable for and incapable of doing the work of pulling plows and road machinery, and that the county had made numerous complaints to the defendant prior to the sale of the tractor…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinión of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Coti-iran.
Action for $3,000 damages for alleged breach of a contract for, and for fraud and misrepresentation in, the sale of a tractor for the defendant to the plaintiff on July 25, 1918. The case was tried at February term, 1920, before Judge Mclver and a jury, at Columbia. Verdict for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1 The complaint states two causes of action, and the “case” contains the foregoing statement that the action was for (1) fraud and misrepresentation, and (2) breach of contract of sale, though in neither alleged cause of action…
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