Otis v. Pittsburgh-Westmoreland Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the AVestéril District of Pennsylvania. Action by Charles A. Otis and others against the PittsburghWestmorcland Coal Company to recover damages for alleged breach of a contract for the sale of bonds. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
REEESTAB, District Judge.
The plaintiffs in error brought suit to recover damages for the alleged breach of a written executory contract relating to the sale of defendant’s bonds. The question presented by the writ of error is whether certain testimony offered by the plaintiffs was relevant and material to the issue made by the pleadings, and the answer primarily involves the interpretation of such contract. The contract bears date July 7, 1908, and. after providing for the sale of $25,000 par value of bonds outright at a certain price, gives plaintiffs an option to purchase an additional…
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