Baldwin v. Jardine Matheson & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action at law by Francis H. Baldwin against Jardine Matheson & Co., Limited. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in error (plaintiff below) sues to recover commissions earned for services he rendered in procuring a purchaser for 10,000 base boxes of tin plate. His commission was to be such sum of money as was received in excess of $8.50 per base box. After hearing the evidence of both plaintiff and defendant below, the court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant, against the objection and exception of the plaintiff. We shall refer to the parties as plaintiff and defendant, as in the court below.
[1] The question presented here is whether, upon the testimony…
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