Christie & Lowe v. Pennsylvania Iron Works Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish, of Orleans; W. B. Sommerville, Judge. Action by Christie' & Lowe against the-Pennsylvania Iron Works Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Defendant (company) being engaged, in Philadelphia, in the manufacture and sale of “Globe marine gasoline engines,” and being “represented” in New Orleans by Theodore Grünewald, plaintiffs bought from the latter a certain engine, No. 2,663, of the kind mentioned, which was intended for, and installed in, their yacht, or dispatch boat, De Soto, and they now sue .defendant for damages, alleging that they were the victims of a fraudulent imposition, in that the engine has -but 75 horse power, whereas it was sold to them as of 100 horsepower, and further alleging…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- E. Sondheimer Co. v. Richland Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
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- Laclede Steel Co. v. Silas Mason Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1946