Graymount v. Schlemmer

Plaintiff seeks recovery for services alleged to have been rendered to the defendant Schlemmer in connection with “ endeavoring to procure and procuring a purchaser for certain personal property owned by said defendant ”, consisting of a stock interest in a business.

Admittedly, there was no written contract or memorandum between the parties, and the plaintiff, apparently with this in mind, attempts now to establish his claim on the basis of an implied contract to pay the reasonable value of his services.

Unfortunately for the plaintiff, however, subdivision 10, of section 31 of the Personal…