Economic Water Heating Corp. v. Dillon Supply Co.

Dillon Supply Company, a North Carolina corporation, brought an action by notice of motion against two Virginia corporations, the Economic Water Heating Corporation and the Manufacturers Patent Sales Corporation, for the refund of the purchase price of certain gas and oil water heaters which were sold to the Dillon Supply Company by Hiram T. Gates and William Gray, a partnership doing business as Keeton Heater Company.

The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff against the Economic Water Heating Corporation. From this judgment a writ of error was granted. The jury…