Legal Opinion
John H. Hennessy, Jr., as an Individual and D/B/A Business Systems and Service Company, a Proprietorship v. Otis A. Schmidt
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 26, 1978No. 77-1192PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
For the second time we are presented with an appeal in this case in which Hennessy seeks to recover damages for the alleged breach of a sales contract whereby he was to procure a purchaser for the corporate stock in S-R Industries owned by Schmidt. Following a bench trial, judgment was entered for Schmidt, and Hennessy appealed. Our earlier decision, 521 F.2d 1282 (7th Cir. 1975), vacated the judgment and remanded the case for “further proceedings,” this court having determined that the district court instead of applying the appropriate “preponderance of…
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3Cited by27 opinions
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