Legal Opinion
Werber v. Atkinson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 9, 1951No. 1120PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAGETT, Associate Judge.
The trial court, sitting without a jury, gave judgment to appellee under an oral contract evidenced by an unsigned memorandum providing that in addition to her regular compensation as secretary to appellant, an insurance broker, appellee would be paid 15% of appellant’s commissions on pension trust business “placed” through his office providing that there was no other agent receiving a share in the commissions.
On this appeal appellant urges reversal principally on the grounds that the action was prematurely brought and that appellee was not entitled to any…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Texas Portland Cement Co. v. McCordSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- American Bonding & Trust Co. v. Gibson CountyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1906
- Chapman v. Griffith-Consumers Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Tatum v. TownsendDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- Freeport Texas Co. v. BowersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935
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