Tranter Manufacturing Co. v. Blaney

Citations

• 67 Pa. Super. 378
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 410

Syllabus

<p>Contract — Sale—Evidence—Letters.</p> <p>In an action to recover the price of a gas engine sold under a contract in writing providing that the vendor was to start the engine after the purchaser had the same on his premises, where the question at issue is whether the vendor had started the engine properly, it is proper for the court to admit in evidence letters written by the purchaser showing on their face that they were replies to letters written by the vendor, in which it appeared that the vendor had been notified of the unsatisfactory condition of the engine, in that it had not been started properly, and had been requested to send a man “to start it in good shape.”</p> <p>Allegations made in a letter responded to by the other party are considered in the light of declarations or conversations between the parties, and as suchj properly admissible in evidence.</p>