Raymond v. Colton
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
This is a writ of error by the defendant in the court below to review a judgment for the plaintiff entered upon the verdict of a jury. The jury found a verdict for $160,000. .
The action was brought to recover damages for the breach of an agreement by the defendant to purchase the interest of the plaintiff in A. A. Vantine & Co., a joint-stock mercantile association created under the statutes of New York. Laws 1894, c. 235. The principal assignments of error present the question whether the contract was void under the statute of frauds, or because it involved a breach of…
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