Warner Bros. & Co. v. Israel

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, a' British corporation, has sued to recover the unpaid remainder of the purchase price of four lots of sugar it sold to the defendant, a New York citizen residing ita the City of New York. Jurisdiction based upon diversity of citizenship with the required amount in controversy was made to appear. Trial was by court.

The suit is upon four causes of action which are all alike. As decision upon the first will control as to the other three, it alone will be discussed. The basis of the dispute between the parties is not factual but is centered upon the meaning as…