Trabue v. Walsh

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Appellant brought an action in the court below to recover commissions amounting to $200,000 on a proposed sale of stock of the Home Life Insurance Company, of which appellee was president. A compulsory nonsuit was entered because appellant failed to sustain his claim by competent evidence, and the court in banc refused to take off the nonsuit. Appellant’s statement averred that Walsh, as president, James L. and Daniel Durkin owned the majority and controlling stock of the Home Life Insurance Company of America; that in January, 1930, Walsh requested and…