Empire Rubber Manufacturing Co. v. Morris

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Pitney, J.

This writ of error brings under review a judgment recovered by the plaintiff in error (plaintiff below) for damages arising out of a breach of contract. Reversal is prayed for on the ground that by reason of an erroneous ruling of the trial justice in his instructions to the jury the damages allowable to the plaintiff were improperly limited.

It appears the plaintiff was manufacturing belting and hose at Trenton, in which manufacture cotton duck was-largely used. Defendants were manufacturers of cotton duck, at Yardville, a few miles away.…