Howell v. Witman-Schwartz Corp.

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, at the time of the transaction which resulted in this litigation, were sugar brokers doing business in the city of New York, and the defendant was a wholesale grocer engaged in business at Harrisburg, Pa. The plaintiffs, on or about July 9, 1920, sold defendant 360 bags and 200 cases of line granulated sugar. The price fell, and the defendant refused to accept the sugar. Plaintiffs, on account of diversity of citizenship, brought suit in the District Court for breach of contract, and claimed as damages the difference between the contract price and the…