FREMON v. W. A. SHEAFFER PEN CO.

No. 14819.

209 F.2d 627 (1954)

FREMON v. W. A. SHEAFFER PEN CO.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

February 2, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund C. Rogers, St. Louis, Mo. (Lawrence C. Kingsland, Estill E. Ezell, Rodney Bedell, St. Louis, Mo., and Robert H. Walker, Keokuk, Iowa, were with him on the brief), for appellant.

Fred T. Williams, Chicago, Ill. (E. H. Pollard, Fort Madison, Iowa, Sidney Neuman, Thiess, Olson & Mecklenburger, Chicago, Ill., and Pollard, Palmer & Lawse, Fort Madison, Iowa, were with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and STONE and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a summary judgment for the defendant. The action filed on February 17, 1951, was based upon an alleged oral contract between plaintiff and defendant entered into on November 8, 1927. Jurisdiction of the federal court was predicated upon diversity of citizenship and on unliquidated claims for $600,000 with interest.

The plaintiff is a lawyer living in St. Louis County, Missouri, where he was employed...

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