Dennis v. Waterford Packing Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions and motion by plaintiff. This is an action on the case tried in the Superior Court for Cumberland County at the November term, 1913, to recover commissions for procuring a customer, who was ready, willing and able to purchase certain canned corn offered for sale by the defendant to the plaintiff, a broker. The defendant plead the general issue and filed a brief statement.
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On exceptions and motion by plaintiff. This is an action on the case tried in the Superior Court for Cumberland County at the November term, 1913, to recover commissions for procuring a customer, who was ready, willing and able to purchase certain canned corn offered for sale by the defendant to the plaintiff, a broker. The defendant plead the general issue and filed a brief statement. The plaintiff had various exceptions to the admission and exclusion of evidence, and to the charge of the presiding Judge. The defendant moved that the plaintiffs bill of exceptions be dismissed on the ground…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, C. J.
Action by a broker to recover commissions. The verdict was for the defendant, and the case comes before this court on the plaintiff’s exceptions and motion for a new trial.
The defendant moves that the exceptions be dismissed on the ground that they are not sufficiently definite, specific and summary. The bill of exceptions states that,
‘ ‘During the trial, the plaintiff seasonably objected to the admission of certain testimony, and when the same was admitted noted his exceptions.
During the trial the plaintiff offered certain testimony which the presiding Justice excluded, and the defendant…
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