Court Opinion

ID: 6953961
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 01:35:34.784508+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:08:11.274337
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Mr. Justice Lawrence delivered the opinion of the Court: The plaintiffs sold defendants a boiler in April, 1867, for $1300, and warranted it to carry one hundred and fifty pounds of steam, according to the testimony of both the defendants. The boiler proved seriously defective, and in November, 1867, the plaintiffs repaired it. In January, 1868, the defendants gave plaintiffs their note for $194.10, being the balance of the purchase money due on the boiler. Plaintiffs have brought suit upon this note, and in addition thereto claim $111.50 for the repairs. The jury allowed the whole amount of their claim, and the court gave judgment on the verdict. In our opinion, the claim for repairs should not have been allowed. The testimony of the defendants, that the plaintiffs warranted the boiler, is not' contradicted, and the fact that after the repairs were made the plaintiffs took the note of the defendants for the balance of the purchase money only, goes very far to show they did not then consider themselves entitled to pay for the repairs, and is strong confirmation of the testimony of defendants. The verdict is so clearly against the evidence that we must order a new trial. Judgment reversed.