Clark v. Dulien Steel Products, Inc.

This is an appeal by defendants from a judgment against them for broker’s commissions arising from negotiations resulting in a contract for the purchase and sale of scrap iron.

In the fall of 1939 plaintiff’s assignor, Joseph Rosenberg, interested Louis Dulien, the president of the Dulien Steel Products, Inc., in the purchase of scrap iron located at Guaymas, Mexico. Mr. Dulien was advised by Rosenberg that approximately 5,000 tons of the scrap, owned by Banco Commercial del Pacifico, for whom Thomas de Renda acted as agent, was available. Following meetings between Rosenberg and the above…