Bernard J. Lee, Platiff-Appellant v. Jenkins Brothers, Bernard J. Lee v. Farnham Yardley
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partHand, Circuit Judge
My brothers have stated the facts so fully that I shall not add anything except *374enough to make plain my reasoning. In the action against the corporation — Lee v. Jenkins Brothers (incorporated in New Jersey) — I need discuss only two questions: First, whether plaintiff’s testimony, which constituted all the evidence in the record, was so inherently improbable that it would have been necessary to set aside a verdict in his favor; and second, whether, assuming that Yardley did make the contract on behalf of the corporation, he had authority to do so. The result in the action against Yardley…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Savarese v. Pyrene Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1952
- Carney v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Heaman v. E. N. Rowell Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Blakeslee v. Board of Water CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1936
- Lewis v. Minnesota Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1949
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