Gillespie & Co. of New York, Inc. v. Coleport Fabrics, Inc.

Plaintiff, Gillespie & Company of New York, Inc. (hereinafter called Gillespie), a trading company and export expediter, on October 14, 1964 simultaneously entered into contracts with defendants Coleport Fabrics, Inc. (hereinafter “ Coleport ”) and a Canadian corporation, Queens Children’s Wear & Sportswear Ltd. (hereinafter “ Queens Wear ”) whereby Coleport sold certain fabrics to Gillespie and Gillespie sold certain fabrics to Queens Wear. Gillespie contends that it acted as a broker and “ export expediter ” only in the transactions, in return for commissions to be paid it by both parties,…