Coventry Evening Telegraph: Thursday 17th December 1896

The Cycle Tube Case: Second day’s hearing at Birmingham: Mr. Commissioner Darling, Q.C., and a special jury resumed the hearing this morning in the Nisi Prius Court at Birmingham Assizes of the important cycle tube case: The action was brought by Messrs. Larson and Larson, merchants, Edmund Street, Birmingham against the Endurance Seamless Tube Company. Limited to recover payment for goods supplied. Defendants admitted liability but counterclaimed for damages for breach of contract by reason of the goods being of bad quality and unfit for the purpose for which they required them. Mr. H. D. Green, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. Stubbins (instructed by Messrs. Reece and Harris) appeared for the plaintiffs; and Mr. H. Young and Mr. Parfitt (instructed by Messrs. Smith, Pinsent, and Co.) for the defendants …


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