Elmendorf v. Mulliken

Mulliken sued Elmendorf to recover the sum of $702, alleging, in substance, that plaintiff and defendant were both engaged in the business of selling stocks and bonds; that defendant agreed with plaintiff that, if the latter would advertise the stock of the I-Iomer-CIaiborne Oil Company in the El Paso Times and El Paso Herald, the defendant would reimburse plaintiff for all sums so expended by him; that, relying upon said agreement, plaintiff did so advertise the stock from December 15, 1919, to January 15, 1920, and in so doing expended the sum of $702, which sum defendant became obligated…