McDermott v. Fairmont Gas & Light Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Marion County. Action by Joseph H. McDermott and others against Fair-mont Gas & Light Company and others. From judgment for alleged insufficient amount, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Lively, Judge.:
Plaintiff instituted suit against Fairmont Gas and Light Co. and its stockholders to recover the sum of $40,000.00 claimed by him as commissions on the sale of the company’s property and assets to Russell Palmer at the price of one million dollars, brought about through his efforts and under a verbal contract made by plaintiff with S. L. Watson, president of the company, and recovered a decretal judgment for the sum of $7,275.00, from which he prosecutes this appeal,
*694The bill alleges, substantially, that McDermott - made a verbal agreement with S. L. Watson, president of the…
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