John J. Cooney and F. Dring Wetherill, Appellees-Cross v. Donald W. Ritter, Appellant-Cross v. Ritter Transportation, Inc., Third Party

OPINION OF THE COURT

LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.

In this diversity suit brought in federal court in New Jersey, plaintiffs John J. Coo-ney and F. Dring Wetherill claimed that defendant Donald W. Ritter owed each of them a commission for having arranged to introduce Ritter to the person who purchased Ritter’s business. After a two-day bench trial, the district court found in plaintiffs’ favor with respect to the claimed commissions but concluded that plaintiffs were not entitled to an award of pre-judgment interest. From the judgment awarding plaintiffs the claimed commissions, defendant…