Weiss v. Northern Dredge & Dock Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Baltimore City Court on a directed verdict for the defendant in the short note case of a non-resident attachment proceeding instituted by Bernard M. Weiss against the Korthern Dredge and Dock Company to recover compensation for services which he claimed to have rendered it, in onnection with the sale of its dredge the “Patuxent”.

The Korthem Dredge and Dock Company, hereinafter referred to as the “Dock Company,” was in 1925 and 1926 engaged in business as a dredging contractor, and in connection with that business it owned several dredges, one of which,…