Guionnet v. Specht

WOOFFFY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, acting as agent for Framerican Industrial Development Corporation, a corporation of New York, which in turn was the agent of Schneider & Co. of Fa Creusot, France, was negotiating with the defendant for the purchase of large quantities of coal. The negotiations extended to two proposed purchases, one which culminated in the agreement of September 11, 1920, between Framerican Industrial Development Corporation and the defendant for the purchase and sale of 500,000 tons, later sued upon and construed -in an action between these parties reported at 297 Fed.…