Tharpe v. Pan-Pacific Auditorium, Inc.

OPINION

Action was brought againt Pan-Pacific by Tharpe who claimed in his complaint that Pan-Pacific “engaged the services of the plaintiff for the purpose of finding and introducing to the Defendant prospective purchasers” of certain property and that Pan-Pacific “agreed to pay to the plaintiff the reasonable value of such services performed.”

Tharpe claims that when a portion of the property was ultimately sold to the United States Postal Service, his services were “a procuring cause” of the sale and that the property was sold “as a direct consequence and result of the introduction of United…