Miller Cattle Co. v. Chambers

Plaintiff, Chambers, brought this action for brokerage commissions for selling feed and pasturage belonging to tbe defendant, Miller Cattle Company, to Campbell-Francis Sheep Company. The defense is that Chambers had no contract and was not the proximate or procuring cause of such sale.

The case was tried to a jury and resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

The contract of employment was not in writing and the evidence of it is conflicting. The conflict was by the jury resolved by their verdict in favor of the existence of the contract, and that we shall regard as…