Noble v. Hand
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, in three counts, against the administrators of the estate of William P. O’Brien, to recover commissions on sales of goods, and for breach of a written agreement. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Dunbar, J., who found for the plaintiff; and he alleged exceptions to the ruling on the question of damages. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Field, C, J.
The plaintiff made written agreements with the defendants, who, as administrators of the estate of William P. O’Brien, continued after his death to carry on his business, which was that of a manufacturer of shoes. By the terms of these agreements the plaintiff was to sell samples of the defendants’ goods, and was to solicit orders for samples and for goods to be ordered from said samples, and was to receive a commission of two and one half per cent on the amount of all goods ordered from said samples, if the orders were not rejected by the defendants. It was agreed by the parties…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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