Ed Klein, Inc. v. Hotel Kaimana, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

ABE, J.

The plaintiff, Ed Klein, Inc., sued Hotel Kaimana, Inc., defendant, to recover $15,000 for services rendered pursuant to an alleged oral finder’s contract.

The trial court found that on March 8, 1962 the defendant through its president, Shigeo Shigenaga, and its attorney, Genro Kashiwa, orally agreed to pay plaintiff a finder’s fee of one point of the total amount of the loan obtained by plaintiff for defendant for the construction of a high-rise hotel building.

The trial court also found that Ed Klein, the president of plaintiff corporation, working with and…