Legal Opinion

Detroit Edison Co. v. Main Island Creek Coal Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided February 5, 1924No. 2137PublishedCited by 3 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Huntington; George W. McClintic, Judge. Action by the Detroit Edison Company, a New York corporation, against the Main Island Creek Coal Company, a West Virginia corporation. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. Reversed, and new trial awarded.

1Opinion of the Court

WADDIEE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff in error was plaintiff, and defendant in error defendant, in the District Court, and will hereinafter be referred to as plaintiff and defendant.

Plaintiff, a New York corporation, having its principal office in the city of New York, and lawfully doing business at Detroit, Mich., instituted a suit at law in assumpsit against the defendant, a corporation of the state of West Virginia, within the Southern judicial district of that state, to recover damages for an alleged breach of contract entered into on the 1st of June, 1919, whereby plaintiff purchased from-…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Grand Tower Co. v. PhillipsSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. Garfield & Proctor Coal Co. v. Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
  3. Consolidation Coal Co. v. Peninsular Portland Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1921
  4. Jessup & Moore Paper Co. v. PiperU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1902
  5. Consolidated Coal Co. of St. Louis v. Jones & Adams Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Great Western Sugar Co. v. Northern Natural Gas Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. Diamond Alkali Co. v. Henderson Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  3. Maxwell v. Zenith Limestone Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930

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