Jordan v. Jordan
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. The report consists of the award of the referee and the evidence therein referred to: [•Award.] " The case was submitted to me, as referee, upon the disclosure of the alleged trustees and the letter of Henry Little, P. M. dated April 6, 1882, (which are hereby made part of this report), to determine the liability both of the principal defendant and of the trustees; and I report that the trustees be charged in the sum of $80.84, less the costs legally taxable for…
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On report. The report consists of the award of the referee and the evidence therein referred to: [•Award.] " The case was submitted to me, as referee, upon the disclosure of the alleged trustees and the letter of Henry Little, P. M. dated April 6, 1882, (which are hereby made part of this report), to determine the liability both of the principal defendant and of the trustees; and I report that the trustees be charged in the sum of $80.84, less the costs legally taxable for the trustees, to be taxed by the court. " I also report and award conditionally that the trustees be charged in the…
1Opinion of the CourtAepletoN, C. J.
The defendant was employed by the trustees in effecting sales of their goods. He was to have commissions as he should sell and as the goods should be paid for. He was entitled to pay only after the payment of his principals. If they were never paid they lost their goods and the defendant lost his commissions. The trustees in no event lost their goods and in addition commissions on the sales of goods, for which no payment was ever made. The defendants’ claim for compensation accrued only upon and after their payment. Whether the goods he sold would ever be paid for was a matter of contingency.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Williams v. KenneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
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- Loyal Erectors, Inc. v. Hamilton & Son, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973