L. A. Clark Co. v. Millboro Lumber Co.

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

In the eourt below, the L. A. Clark Company, a corporate citizen of Pennsylvania, brought suit against the Millboro Lumber Company, a corporate citizen of Virginia; to recover a commission alleged to have been earned by a sale of land, belonging to the latter. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant, whereupon the plaintiff sued out this writ of error.

The contention of the plaintiff was that pursuant to agreement it had secured a purchaser and introduced such purchaser to the defendant, but that the latter had thereafter ignored the plaintiff and sold the land…