Interstate United Corporation, an Illinois Corporation v. Thomas C. White

HICKEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellee buyer, a resident of Oklahoma, sued appellant seller, an Illinois corporation, for breach of a contract to sell an operating vending machine business. Diversity of citizenship and the amount of damage claimed establish jurisdiction.

The seller, Interstate United, contends there was no contract, or if one existed, it was voided through the application of the Statute of Limitations of both Illinois and Oklahoma. Interstate United further contends that the court erred by taking the issues of the existence of the contract and the application of the statutes of…