Hamilton v. Frothingham

This action was brought in the circuit court for the county of Washtenaw, to recover for services in the sale of a printing establishment in Ann Arbor, known as the “Ann Arbor Register.”

The defendant, Dr. Frothingham, in 1882 purchased the machinery and stock of the plant known as the “Ann Arbor Printing & Publishing Company,” and carried on the business of job printing, and edited and published, in connection therewith, a newspaper called the “Ann Arbor Register,” until the latter part of August, 1883.

Plaintiff claims that, having had some experience in selling property for other people, he…