Brown v. Motor Vessel "Numero Uno"

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

David E. Cook has requested leave to intervene in this action for breach of contract and conversion arising out of the sale of a motor vessel. Cook’s proposed complaint alleges a commission or finder’s fee owed to him by defendant Woodfin under an oral contract whereby defendant allegedly agreed to compensate Cook if the latter found a vessel agreeable to Woodfin and Woodfin subsequently purchased that vessel.

The memorandum of law in support of the motion is naked ipse dixit: “Under Rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, entitled ‘Interventing’ [sic] this request…