Jones & Laughlin Steel. Co. v. Wood & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 355, Jan. T., 1914, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1911, No. 417, for plaintiff, on demurrer to statement of claim, in case of Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, a corporation, v. George Wood, Walter Wood and Stuart Wood, surviving partners of the late firm of E. D. Wood and Company, composed of themselves and Eichard Wood, now deceased. Assumpsit for breach of warranty.
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Appeal, No. 355, Jan. T., 1914, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1911, No. 417, for plaintiff, on demurrer to statement of claim, in case of Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, a corporation, v. George Wood, Walter Wood and Stuart Wood, surviving partners of the late firm of E. D. Wood and Company, composed of themselves and Eichard Wood, now deceased. Assumpsit for breach of warranty. On demurrer to the plaintiff’s statement of claim Audenried, J., filed the following opinion: This action was brought for the recovery of the plaintiff’s reasonable…
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Opinion by
Me. Justice Elkin,
Plaintiff sued in assumpsit for damages resulting from a breach of contract. In the statement of claim the entire contract between the parties, including drawings, specifications, correspondence, requirements, uses, terms and conditions, was fully set forth. What constituted the breach was also averred and the damage resulting as a necessary consequence of that breach was set out in an itemized statement made part of the declaration. The defendants demurred on the following grounds: (1) That the statement of claim did not show a valid cause of action in that the…
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