BENTON v. BLAIR

No. 15629.

228 F.2d 55 (1955)

Thaddeus G. BENTON, Appellant, v. Francis M. BLAIR, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

As Amended on Motion to Enlarge Opinion January 16, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thaddeus G. Benton, McNally & Krieger, New York City, by Lawrence W. Krieger, New York City, of counsel, for appellant.

David T. Searls, Dan C. Arnold, Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Houston, Tex., for appellee, Francis M. Blair.

Before TUTTLE, CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

Upon the close of the plaintiff's case below, the trial court, sitting without a jury, granted judgment for the defendant on the ground that the plaintiff had failed to establish the existence of the oral contract upon which this suit is based. The sole question here is the correctness of this judgment, in the light of the evidence adduced.

The plaintiff's evidence included his own testimony, a long series of correspondence between the...

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