George J. Meyer Mfg. Co. v. Howard Brass

This action was begun on the 21st day of December, 1938, by the plaintiff, George J. Meyer Manufacturing Company, against Howard Brass & Copper Company, defendant, to recover overpayments made by the plaintiff to the defendant for goods purchased during the years 1933 to 1938, inclusive. The plaintiff is a manufacturing corporation engaged in the manufacture of bottle washing equipment and allied lines and uses large amounts of brass and copper in the course of its operations. The defendant is a corporation and during the time above stated, was engaged in the sale of brass and copper products as a jobber. The materials which the defendant sold to the plaintiff, it bought from various mills throughout the country and assembled at its plant and of which it thereafter delivered considerable amounts to the plaintiff.