R. B. Tyler Co. v. Laurel Equipment Co.

Appellant at the times mentioned herein was a general road contractor, and appellee was a dealer in motor trucks. Appellant had a contract with the State Highway Commission to do certain road work at McLain, in Greene County, among which was the hauling of what was estimated to be about 52,000' yards of sand. Appel lant had made an arrangement with one J. J. Broome to perform this particular work, but Broome had no motor trucks with which to do it, nor any money with which to buy them, although he had arranged to borrow from a friend $800 with which to make the first or down payment on the…