Dauterive v. West India Transportation Corp.

This is a suit for broker’s commission.

The plaintiff alleged that in April, 1919, in his capacity of broker he bought in Havana, Cuba, for account of the defendant one million gallons of molasses from the Cuban American Sugar Company of New York for August delivery at a price of not less than two cents a gallon; that said purchase was confirmed by defendants by letter dated June 21, 1919; that it was agreed between the plaintiff and the defendant prior to the purchase of the molasses, that the defendant was to pay the plaintiff for his services in purchasing said molasses the usual commission…