Standard Rice Co. v. P. R. Warren Co.

In this action of contract for the breach of an implied warranty of fitness in the sale of cartons or boxes for packing rice, a verdict was directed for the defendant and the case was reported on the stipulation that, if the direction of a verdict was wrong, the plaintiff was to have judgment for $750.

The plaintiff’s business was packing and selling rice. The defendant was a manufacturer of folding paper boxes. At the first interview of the agents of the parties, the defendant’s agent was shown a sample carton from the stock the plaintiff was then using. The defendant was asked to make a…