Maskel Construction Co. v. American Masons' Supply Co.

These cases were consolidated and tried together. Both of them arose from a sale and delivery in May, 1960, of “slipseal” pipe by The American Masons’ Supply Company, hereinafter referred to as American, to the Maskel Construction Company, Inc., hereinafter referred to as Maskel. The pipe was made of vitrified clay to which bituminous collars had been moulded, and, by applying a special solvent at the job site prior to assembly, a tight seal would theoretically be formed upon joining the pipes. The pipe was used by Maskel in the construction and installation of a sanitary sewer line on Hyde…