Compass Sales Corp. v. National Mineral Co.

This is an action at law brought by plaintiffs, Compass Sales Corporation and Morris I. Pickus, against defendants, National Mineral Company and Louis P. Stein, seeking to recover for the breach of an alleged oral contract under the terms of which plaintiffs were to act as sales counselors for defendant company during the year 1937 for a stipulated fee of $5,000. Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint which included a quantum meruit count, which count was withdrawn during the course of the trial. On plaintiffs’ motion at the close of all the evidence the cause was dismissed as to plaintiff,…