Jones v. Welwood

DyKmaN, J.:

In January, 1870, the defendant Abby Welwood was the owner of a iarge tract of land, in a place now called Breslau, in Suffolk county, in this State. She had owned it for many years. In 1869 her husband had caused some of this land to be divided into lots, and had sold many of the lots. In the month of January, 1870, Thomas Welwood made an arrangement with Charles S. Schleier, the plaintiff’s assignor, by which Schleier was to undertake the sale of these 'lots, and for his services was to have a share of the profits realized from the sale, after deducting from the price received…