Allison v. Dodge

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

J. Wesley Allison, a British subject residing in Canada, brought this action against M. Hartley Dodge, a citizen of New Jersey, doing business under the name of Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Company, to recover, under contract, a commission of fifteen cents each on 797,438 eighteen pounder brass cases sold by the defendant to the British Government. The District Court entered judgment of nonsuit on the ground that the contract, if made, was not enforceable because contrary to public policy. The case is here on the plaintiff’s writ of error. . ,

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