Pollock Industries, Inc. v. General Steel Castings Corp.

Toal, J.,

Plaintiff sued defendant in assumpsit for damages for breach of an alleged oral contract. Plaintiff averred in its complaint that, in September 1959, defendant, through its duly authorized agent, Thomas Ditchfield, orally employed plaintiff to purchase a used boring mill for defendant; that, by custom, brokers charge purchasers 10 percent of the purchase price for such services, and that after plain*384tiff’s representative revealed to defendant’s agent the fact that Westinghouse had a used boring mill for sale, defendant dispensed with plaintiff’s services, dealt directly with…