Hutchinson v. Plant
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for compensation for having procured the making of a certain agreement between certain persons and the defendant, the first and fourth counts of the declaration, which alone are material, being described in the opinion. Writ dated January 17, 1911. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Chase, J. The material facts which could have been found upon the evidence are stated in the opinion.
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Contract for compensation for having procured the making of a certain agreement between certain persons and the defendant, the first and fourth counts of the declaration, which alone are material, being described in the opinion. Writ dated January 17, 1911. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Chase, J. The material facts which could have been found upon the evidence are stated in the opinion. At the close of the evidence the defendant asked the judge to rule that the plaintiff could not recover on the first, on the fourth or on any count of the declaration, and also asked for the…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover a commission for having procured for the defendant from certain persons an agreement to pay to the defendant the sum of $1,500,000 for a half interest in his shoe machinery business and to provide him with additional working capital, estimated at $1,000,000 at least, for carrying on that business. The verdict for the plaintiff was rendered upon the first and fourth counts of his declaration, which were respectively upon a quantum meruit for the value of his services and an account annexed, in which he claimed to be entitled to $150,000 for the same services.…
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