NORTHERN OIL COMPANY v. SOCONY MOBIL OIL COMPANY

No. 443, Docket 29509.

347 F.2d 81 (1965)

NORTHERN OIL COMPANY, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOCONY MOBIL OIL COMPANY, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Pearley Feen, Burlington, Vt., for appellant.

John G. Kissane, St. Albans, Vt. (Lisman & Lisman, Burlington, Vt., on the brief), for appellee.

Before KAUFMAN, HAYS and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


HAYS, Circuit Judge.

The Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc. (Socony Mobil), appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the District of Vermont in the amount of $95,000 based on a jury verdict. We reverse the judgment and remand the action for a new trial on the ground that certain hearsay testimony was improperly admitted.

This is a diversity action brought by the Northern Oil Company, Inc. (Northern) against Socony Mobil. It was tried under Vermont law...

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