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HUNT v. PERKINS MACHINERY CO. INC.

352 Mass. 535 (1967)

226 N.E.2d 228

HARRY E. HUNT, JR. vs. PERKINS MACHINERY CO., INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

May 5, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Gorham for the defendant.

George C. Decas for the plaintiff.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, & REARDON, JJ.

CUTTER, J.

Hunt, an experienced commercial fisherman, got in touch with the defendant (Perkins), a distributor of Caterpillar Tractor Company's products. He was considering the purchase of a diesel engine for his fishing boat. In the fall of 1960, Perkins's sales manager, one Rideout, went to Hunt's house in Orleans to acquaint him with the various Caterpillar diesel engines available. At Rideout's suggestion, Hunt went...

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