Legal Opinion
Watson Bros. Transp. Co. v. Jaffa
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 15, 1944No. 12816PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from an order of the District Court dismissing a petition in which plaintiff prayed, i. a., that defendant be required to execute certain documents in specific performance of an agreement involving the lease of, and option to purchase, operating rights over certain interstate trucking routes. The order of dismissal was upon the pleadings from which the court found that the plaintiff in the action was “not entitled to the relief prayed in its complaint,” and the plaintiff has appealed.
It appears from the pleadings that the defendant, Harry Jaffa, of…
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