Moore v. Scott Stamp & Coin Co., Inc

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

These appeals bring up for review a judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury in an action to recover the agreed price of Chinese postage stamps purchased by the plaintiff in China at the defendant’s request and sent by registered mail addressed to the defendant. Federal jurisdiction rests on diversity of citizenship.

The complaint, as originally filed, contained a single cause of action. It alleged that Scott Stamp & Coin Co., Inc., whom we shall call the buyer, requested the plaintiff, whom we shall call the seller, to obtain in China certain Chinese stamps and agreed…