Legal Opinion
McLouth Steel Corp. v. Mesta MacHine Co. Foster v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. (Landis Tool Co., Third-Party Defendant)
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 23, 1954No. 11232_1PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
Mesta Machine Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, contracted to install a large roll grinder in the Michigan plant of McLouth Steel Corporation, a Michigan corporation. Mesta subcontracted the work of installation to J. M. Foster & Co., an Indiana partnership. While Foster’s employees were installing the machine it fell and was severely damaged. McLouth sued Mes-ta. Mesta cross-claimed over against Foster on Foster’s undertaking to save Mesta from liability arising out of the work. Foster joined two third-party defendants, Landis Tool Co., the original vendor of the…
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