Claudio Severi v. Seneca Coal & Iron Corporation

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant commenced this diversity action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging that the appellee owed him an agreed-upon commission and other compensation for procuring a buyer for a quantity of Brazilian iron ore appellee had offered for sale. After a non-jury-trial the trial judge filed extensive Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and adjudged that plaintiff’s complaint be dismissed on the merits.

Upon appeal from this judgment we hold that plaintiff is entitled to recover the commission he claims is due him, but…