Altenberg v. Grant
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky. This was an action at law by P. (5. Alt.enberg and Rudolph Kleybolte against W. T. Grant and others to recover damages for breach of contract. There was a judgment for defendants in the circuit court, and the plaintiffs sued out this writ of error. A motion to dismiss the writ of error was heretofore denied by this court. 83 Fed. 980. The case is now heard on the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
TAFT, Circuit Judge.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court for the district of Kentucky. The action was for damages for a breach of a contract. After the plaintiffs had introduced their evidence, the court directed a verdict for the defendants, on the ground that the contract was for an illegal purpose, and could not give rise to a cause of action for its breach. The contract was between the owners of a majority of the stock of the Citizens Electric Light & Power Company of Louisville, Ky., of the one part, and the plaintiffs, stockbrokers of Cincinnati and promoters, of…
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