Hawley Down-Draft Furnace Co. v. Southern Chemical & Fertilizing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.

Plaintiff company submitted in writing a proposition to defendant company to furnish the latter three Hawley-Down Draft furnaces, and lower portion of fronts for ash doors, for the sum of $2160.00, These furnaces were for horizontal tubular boilers in .use at defendant company’s works in the city of New Orleans.

Certain guarantees as to the work of the furnaces were embodied in .the proposition of the company, as follows:

1. To consume 95% of the smoke, burning any grade of bitumin■ous coal.

2. Will increase the efficiency of the boilers over…