PORTMAN v. AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORP.

No. 58, Docket 22348.

201 F.2d 847 (1953)

PORTMAN v. AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORP.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold S. Glendening, New York City, Cahill, Gordon, Zachry & Reindel, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant, John H. Clark, III, New York City, of counsel.

Bernard Phillips, New York City, Gordon, Brady, Caffrey & Keller, New York City, for defendant-appellee, Herman Keller and Gilbert S. McInerny, New York City, of counsel.

Before SWAN, Chief Judge, and L. HAND and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant in an action to recover for services rendered to the defendant in bringing to its notice another corporation that the defendant proved ready to acquire, and in securing its acquisition by the defendant. The answer denied that there had been any such contract and the case was first tried to a jury before Judge Samuel H. Kaufman. That jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff which Judge Kaufman...

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