Fast Bearing Co. v. Koppers Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Baltimore City in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $655 and costs in an action for the rental value of machinery, tried by the court. The appellant had claimed $1,425, or a rental of $15 per day for ninety-five days.

On June 5, 1941, appellant leased an Excello boring machine at $15 per day, reserving the right to cancel the lease on twenty-four hours’ notice. Appellee, having possession of the machine, used it twenty-four hours daily until July 1, 1941, when it wrote appellant that it considered $15 per day as high and offered…