Gibbs v. Consolidated Gas Co. of Baltimore
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND. The case, as stated by the court in its opinion, was as follows; Plaintiff in error brought this action in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland against the defendant in error,, “a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of Maryland, for money payable by the defendant to the plaintiff,” as stated in the “ bill of particulars of plaintiff’s claim,” “for…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND. The case, as stated by the court in its opinion, was as follows; Plaintiff in error brought this action in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland against the defendant in error,, “a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of Maryland, for money payable by the defendant to the plaintiff,” as stated in the “ bill of particulars of plaintiff’s claim,” “for services'rendered by me at your request in negotiating and consummating an arrangement and settlement of differences between the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Euluer
The plaintiff sought to recover compensation for services alleged to have been rendered by him to the defendant in securing the contract in question between' the defendant and the Equitable Gas-Light Company of Baltimore, it is objected, that the court erred in giving the instruction that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover, because it assumed a- material fact •in dispute, "which should have been left to the jury, namely, that it wa,s “ fór the procuring of the making ” of the contract offered in evidence that compensation was claimed. The record does not show that this objection to the…
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