Smith v. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Action by Thomas A. Jones and others, to the use of J. W. Van Dyke, against Edward B. Smith and others, trading as Edward B. Smith & Co. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below Thomas A. Jones and others brought an action at law against Edward B. Smith & Co. to recover damages for failure to deliver bonds of a certain character. At the trial the court reserved a point of defendants, viz., “tinder all the evidence in this case the jury should find for the defendants,” and submitted the case to the jury. It found a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for $47,739.83, and as part of such verdict:
“The jury did also answer the following questions: (1) Did Smith & Co. agree to modify the contract of January 25, 1906, in the…
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