William R. Morse v. Arthur H. Richland Company

This action was brought in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland by a broker, Arthur H. Rich-land, to recover commissions from William R. Morse, the defendant, upon the sale of the latter’s controlling interest in the Maryland Electronic Manufacturing Corporation. The case was tried before District Judge Chesnut without a jury. The defense was that the broker was not the procuring cause of the sale. Although it was not disputed that the plaintiff first produced the ultimate purchaser, Litton Industries, Inc., the defendant contends that there was a complete break in…