ROBIE v. OFGANT

No. 5968.

306 F.2d 656 (1962)

Richard S. ROBIE, Defendant, Appellant, v. Edwin I. OFGANT, Plaintiff, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. St. Clair, Boston, Mass., with whom Blair L. Perry and Hale & Dorr, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellant.

Thomas J. Carens, Boston, Mass., with whom Robert J. Sherer, Boston, Mass., and Roche & Leen, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellee.

Before HARTIGAN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges, and GIGNOUX, District Judge.


ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.

This is an action for breach of an alleged oral contract made, if anywhere, in Massachusetts. The plaintiff is now a citizen of Puerto Rico, the defendant of Massachusetts. Both parties are experienced automobile dealers. In 1958 they were associated in an unsuccessful Miami agency. Plaintiff informed defendant that there was a better opportunity in San Juan, Puerto Rico if defendant would finance it. After defendant allegedly promised to provide...

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