Producers' Coke Co. v. McKeefrey Iron Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania; Charles P. Orr, Judge. Action at law by the McKeefrey Iron Company against the Producers’ Coke Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOORRRY, Circuit Judge.
McKeefrey Iron Company, a Delaware corporation (plaintiff below), operated a furnace at Reetonia, Ohio. Producers Coke Company, a Pennsylvania corporation (defendant below), was a dealer in coke at Uniontown, Pennsylvania. The Coke Company had no ovens of its own and therefore did not produce coke; it bought coke from producers and sold it to coke users both on commission and its own account. The character of its business has a decisive bearing on this controversy.
In 1916 the parties made three contracts for the sale of Standard Connellsville Furnace Coke, differing in…
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- McKeefrey v. Connellsville Coke & Iron Co. ex rel. H. C. Frick Coke Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1893
- Davis v. Alpha Portland Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1906
- Haff v. PillingU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1905
- Armstrong v. Latimer, Meyers & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
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