Phœnix Iron & Steel Co. v. Wilkoff Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court, of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio; D. C. Westenhaver, Judge. Action at law by the Phoenix Iron & Steel Company against the Wilkcff Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
COCHRAN, District Judge.
The plaintiff in error' was plaintiff and the defendant in error defendant below. The action was to recover $202,500 as damages for breach of contract. The defendant denied the existence of the contract,- and this was the sole issue in the case apart from that as to amount of damages. On trial .before a jury verdict was rendered for defendant, pursuant to peremptory instruction given,' after plaintiff had introduced the evidence on which it relied to establish the contract," and upon the ground that such evidence did not establish it. Judgment dismissing the petition…
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