Unity Telephone Co. v. Design Service Co. of New York

This case is before us on defendant’s appeal from the refusal of the presiding justice to grant its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for refusal to grant its motion for a new trial.

Sometime in 1955 the Unity Telephone Company, hereinafter referred to as “Unity,” entered into a contract with the Rural Electrification Administration under the terms of which it was to obtain funds to finance conversion of its telephone plant to a dial system. Subsequently, the defendant, Design Service Company, Inc., hereinafter referred to as “Design” was engaged to provide all engineering…