Bronn v. Northampton-Easton & W. Traction Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District oí New Jersey; Joseph Cross, Judge. Action by Cecile M. Bronn and Jeanette V. Bronn, doing business as Bronn & Bronn, against -the Northampton-Easton & Washington Traction Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
J. B. McPHERSON, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by a firm of brokers doing business in New York City to recover commissions upon a sale of bonds. The trial judge directed a verdict for the defendant upon the evidence produced by the plaintiffs, and this direction is the only error assigned. The facts are as follows :
The defendant is a traction company whose road lies between two points in northern New Jersey. It took out a charter in 1902 under the name of the Easton & Washington Traction Company — which was changed in October, 1910, to Northampton-Easton & Washington Traction Company…
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