Rail & River Coal Co. v. Paisley
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States, for the Western District of Pennsylvania; W. H. Seward Thomson, J udge. Action by J. A. Paisley against the Rail & River Coal Company and others. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
McPHERSON, Circuit Judge.
This action between citizens of different states is brought to recover commissions on a sale of the capital stock, carrying with it the property, of the Rail & River Coal'Company. The purchaser was the Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company, a Canadian corporation, and the facts leading up to the sale, and giving rise to the dispute, are in outline as follows:
In the spring of 1910, the plaintiff, J. A. Paisley, a dealer of some prominence in bituminous coal, residing in Cleveland, made an effort to bring about a sale of the .coal company’s property to the Grand Trunk…
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