Legal Opinion
Dermott Noonan v. Midland Capital Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 4, 1972No. 269, Docket 71-1130PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Judge:
In this diversity case, Dermott Noon-an, an experienced accountant and management consultant, sues Midland Capital Corporation, a small business investment company, for failing to fulfill an alleged oral contract to pay him for personal business services. The major defense is that no such agreement was ever made. The trial was to a jury which was unable to agree after prolonged deliberation. The defendant then renewed its motion for a directed verdict which was granted by Judge Frankel because there was no evidence from which a jury could reasonably find the purported agreement…
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