Fitch v. Woodruff & Beach Iron Works
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit, upon a contract of the defendants to make and set up a boiler for a steam engine for the plaintiff. The cause was tried to the jury on the general issue.
Read the full summary
Assumpsit, upon a contract of the defendants to make and set up a boiler for a steam engine for the plaintiff. The cause was tried to the jury on the general issue. The contract of the defendants, who were a corporation, was dated March 4th, 1857, and was as follows :— “We agree to make for Mr. Asa Fitch one drop flue boiler, 6 J feet diameter and 24 feet long, and all the iron work belonging to it, cocks, valves, &c., and make and attach one of Wright’s cut-offs to his engine now running, for thirty-five hundred dollars, and all the old work taken out, delivered to the cars at his place in…
1Opinion of the CourtStorrs, C. J.
We do not think that any of the exceptions of the plaintiff to the rulings of the court below entitle him to a new trial. They will be noticed in their order.
1. This action was brought only upon the written agreement which is set out in the declaration; and the information given by the plaintiff to the defendants in regard to the old boiler in the mill of the former and his wants in respect to the new boiler, and the assurances of the defendants as to the kind or quality of boiler which they could make for the plaintiff, which were communicated to the latter during the negotiations between…
2Cited by8 opinions
- Mucci v. LeMonteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1969
- Spencer's Appeal From ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
- Robinson v. Pennsylvania Fire InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1897
- State v. AlfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1862
- Morehouse v. NorthropSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1866
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.