Capital Equipment Enterprises, Inc. v. North Pier Terminal Co.

Defendant, North Pier Terminal Company, appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Cook County entered upon a jury verdict in the amount of $5,416. This action arises out of a transaction in which defendant sold plaintiff a used crane, and is based on the alleged breach of express warranties as to the crane’s condition and lifting capacity.

The evidence shows that in the summer of 1961 defendant inserted the following advertisement in a publication called “Industrial Market Place”:

“CRANE—Railroad 30-ton McMyler Cummins diesel engine; 55 ft. hvy. duty boom; complete with generator for…