CRANSTON v. KENNEDY

No. 295, Docket 23383.

221 F.2d 938 (1955)

James CRANSTON, Mark A. Braymes and Joseph R. Kenny, doing business as The James Cranston Associates, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John A. KENNEDY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 29, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel Rothstein, New York City (Friedman & Friedman, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frank Delaney, New York City, for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and FRANK and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, under the name of The James Cranston Associates, are engaged in the business of buying and selling newspapers and radio stations. They sued on an oral brokerage contract allegedly entered into between James Cranston and defendant, John A. Kennedy, at a meeting in Washington, D. C., on December 19, 1948. The defendant and his wife were controlling stockholders of the Charleston Broadcasting Company, which owned radio station WCHS in...

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