Lehman v. Feld

The questions for decision are presented by a motion for a peremptory instruction to the jury to find for the plaintiffs, and a motion for a similar instruction to find for defendant. This action is brought *853by the plaintiffs to recover from the defendant the indebtedness stated in the declaration, alleged to be due them for commissions in making the purchase of contracts for cotton to be delivered at a future time, and for money expended by them on their guaranty that defendant would comply with the contracts. To the charges made in the declaration the defendant has pleaded the general issue,…