Ladd v. Missouri Coal & Mining Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. Action, by William M. Ladd ag hist the Missouri Coal & Mining Company to recover damages for breach of contract. The court directed a verdict for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
CALDWTELL, Circuit Judge.
This action was commenced in the United States circuit court for the Eastern district of Missouri by William M. Ladd, the plaintiff in error, against the Missouri Coal & Mining Company, the defendant in error, to recover $34,637 damages for the breach of an alleged contract of *881brokerage. At the close of the testimony, by direction of the court, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant, upon which final judgment was rendered, and thereupon the plaintiff sued out this writ of error. The petition alleges that the defendant was the owner of certain lands in Lincoln…
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