Randolph E. Valensi v. M. Shafi Iravani Mottaghi

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff-appellee, Randolph E. Valensi, recovered a judgment of $29,-773.81 in the District Court for the Southern District of New York against the defendant-appellant, M. Shaft Ira-vani Mottaghi (hereinafter Iravani), for commissions due him on sales of wool and gum.

The principal question on this appeal is whether the district judge should have granted a new trial because of alleged perjury of the plaintiff, Valensi, at the trial as shown by alleged inconsistencies in testimony subsequently given by him at the trial of a suit brought by Iravani against Barkey…