Hull Coal & Coke Co. v. Empire Coal & Coke Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia.
1Opinion of the Court
PURNELL, District Judge.
Plaintiff brought its action on the case in assumpsit, claiming $10,000 damages for breach of contract. The Hull Coal & Coke Company, plaintiff below, a corporation with its chief office at Roanoke, Va., was engaged in purchasing and selling coal and coke in Virginia and West Virginia. The Empire Coal & Coke Company, defendant below, a corporation with its chief office at Dandgraf, W. Va., was engaged in mining coal and manufacturing coke. On November 19, 1898, the plaintiff addressed a letter to the defendant, which was afterwards accepted, and mutually agreed should…
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