Horwitz v. Teague

The plaintiff sued the defendant for certain special damages, and for $2000 as general damages, growing out of the alleged negligent failure of the defendant to properly install a furnace in the home of the plaintiff. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant represented himself to be a furnace expert, and that a furnace of the size and type contracted for would adequately heat the plaintiff’s home, and would be approved by the Smoke Abatement Bureau of the City of Atlanta; that the furnace actually installed by the defendant had a heating input and heating output of less British thermal units…