Morse v. Tillotson & Wolcott Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by the Tillotson & Wolcott Company against Charles W. Morse and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. The plaintiffs in error, defendants below, will be hereinafter referred to as defendants, and the defendant in error, defendant below, will be referred to as plaintiff.
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- In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by the Tillotson & Wolcott Company against Charles W. Morse and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. The plaintiffs in error, defendants below, will be hereinafter referred to as defendants, and the defendant in error, defendant below, will be referred to as plaintiff. The plaintiff is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Ohio, with its place of business in the city of Cleveland. The defendants are citizens of the state of New York and residents of the…
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The action is upon a contract which, if made, was made ,by letters, by telephone communication, and by conversations. The existence of the contract was denied by defendants, who, admitting the negotiations, claimed that they never reached the stage where both parties agreed to the substantial terms, and the question whether tire contract existed was therefore submitted to the jury under appropriate instructions. The parties .began their negotiations on January 28, 1916, in Cleveland, Ohio, and on that day a letter was drawn up and signed by Mr. Tillotson,…
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