Reynolds v. Goodwin-Hill Corporation

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The defendant appeals from a judgment awarding the plaintiff a commission, earned as its broker or sales agent, for procuring a contract between it and the United States Army Engineering Corps. The only defence is that, since the' commission was concededly contingent upon the plaintiff’s success in procuring the contract, it was for that reason illegal within such decisions as Tool Co. v. Norris, 2 Wall. 45, 17 L.Ed. 868; Oscanyan v. Arms Co., 103 U.S. 261, 26 L.Ed. 539; and Hazelton v. Sheckels, 202 U.S. 71, 26 S.Ct. 567, 50 L.Ed. 939, 6 Ann.Cas. 217. The cáse was…