Gale v. Thompson

The plaintiff is appellant from a judgment rejecting his claim for damages against the defendant, captain of the ship Bowditch, for the non-performance of his contract to pay the plaintiff commissions for procuring a full freight for his vessel to Havre. The plaintiff, who is a ship broker, alleges that he offered to comply with the contract on his part, but that it was violated on the part of the defendant. It is not disputed that the full freight would have amounted to upwards of twenty thousand dollars ; and the commission was five per cent.

We concur in opinion with the Judge of the…