Christensen v. Duborg
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Cole L. Harwood, Judge. Action by H. C. Christensen against C. H. Duborg and others to recover for services alleged to have been rendered in procuring the sale of mining stock. From a judgment for defendants and an order denying a new trial, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Cole L. Harwood, Judge. Action by H. C. Christensen against C. H. Duborg and others to recover for services alleged to have been rendered in procuring the sale of mining stock. From a judgment for defendants and an order denying a new trial, plaintiff appeals. If the principal and a third person enter into a contract as a result of the agent’s intervention, the agent is not deprived of his right to compensation by the fact that the contract so concluded differs in terms from the one he was employed to negotiate. (Scovell v. Upham, 56…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Coleman, J.:
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the respondents, following an order sustaining a motion for a nonsuit, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.
Appellant, who was plaintiff in the trial court, brought suit against the respondents, Duborg, Ande,rson, and Skow, to recover judgment in the sum of $2,250. Omitting the formal portions of the amended complaint, it reads as follows:
" That prior to the 9th day of September, A. D. 1909, he performed services for defendants as their agent in procuring the sale of 500,000 shares of Philadelphia Western…
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