Jewell Belting Co. v. Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Baldwin

delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is before us on an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Cook County, wherein the jury denied appellant’s claim against appellee and found in favor of appellee’s claim, or set-off, against appellant.

The controversy grows out of a contract between the parties, under which the Jewell Company was to purchase from the Hamilton Company certain belting. The contract provided that all belting furnished thereunder should be guaranteed to be perfect in material and manufacture, and “should it prove otherwise, it will…