Freeman v. Kinston Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Newbern; Henry G. Connor, Judge. Action by E. B. Freeman against the Kinston Manufacturing Company.and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, brings this suit for commissions alleged to have been earned by him as a broker in selling a large quantity of standing timber and other property in North Carolina belonging to the defendant corporations. On the trial a verdict was directed for the defendants, and the case comes here on writ of error.
The contract of employment, which is evidenced by letters between the parties, was to the effect that the vendors were to get $350,000 for the timber, manufacturing plant, machinery, etc., plus a certain sum per thousand, about which there…
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