Levering v. Paova Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by Richard Revering against the Paova Oil Company and others. There was a judgment for defendants, the complaint being dismissed at close of plaintiff’s evidence, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, who was employed by the vendees of certain oil and gas properties in Oklahoma, seeks to have the *554court constitute him as agent also of the vendors. He demands a judgment against them for $35,000 as commissions. The defendants insist that the plaintiff never was their agent in negotiating the sale but always acted for the vendees. The terms of sale expressly provided that if the defendants would reduce the" purchase price of the property from $850,000 to $700,000 they would not be required to pay commissions and that the $700,000 agreed upon as the purchase…
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