Huffman v. Paige-Detroit Motor Car Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska; Joseph W. Woodrough, Judge. Action by William L. Huffman against the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company. There was a judgment for defendant, after demurrer was sustained to each count of the petition, and plaintiff brings error, and defendant assigns cross-errors, based on the refusal of its motion to quash service of summons.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
This was an action for damages by Huffman against the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company, a corporation of Michigan. The first count of his petition is for a breach of a written contract between them by its wrongful cancellation prior to the specified date of expiration. The second count is for enticing away plaintiff’s subagents in the automobile business. The trial court sustained a demurrer to each count for its failure to state a cause of action, and to both for misjoinder. A judgment for defendant followed. There was a third count in the petition, but it is not now in…
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