Damers v. Trident Fisheries Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This is an action of assumpsit on an account annexed to recover brokers’ commissions of 5% of $240,000, the selling price of two steamers, amounting to $12,000, and interest on same of $1,920, making a total of $13,920. The defendant filed a plea of the general issue, and a brief statement of special matter of defense, alleging that on the fifth day of February, A. D. 1917, the President of the United States of America by proclamation of that date declared a national…
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This is an action of assumpsit on an account annexed to recover brokers’ commissions of 5% of $240,000, the selling price of two steamers, amounting to $12,000, and interest on same of $1,920, making a total of $13,920. The defendant filed a plea of the general issue, and a brief statement of special matter of defense, alleging that on the fifth day of February, A. D. 1917, the President of the United States of America by proclamation of that date declared a national emergency to exist and in accordance with said proclamation the United States Shipping Board declined to permit the proposed…
1Opinion of the CourtHanson, J.
This is an action of assumpsit on an account annexed for brokers’ commissions and interest, amounting to $13,920, claimed to be due for the sale of two steamers, and is before the court on the plaintiffs’ exceptions to a ruling of the Justice of the Superior Court for Cumberland County granting defendant’s motion for a non suit. The account annexed to the writ follows:
The Trident Fisheries Co., Portland, Maine
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John Darners And Company, New York City, Dr, Feb. 3, 1917 To commissions as broker upon the sale of the Steamer “East Hampton,” 5% of selling price ($125,000), as agreed..........,...…
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