Briody v. De Kimpe

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thenchard, J.

One De Ivimpc, a contractor (the defendant below), “agreed to engage Archibald Ni McBean to solicit work for him for general construction work of public and private buildings and to pay said McBean for such services the sum of one per cent, commission on any and all contracts that the said De Kinype accepts.”

Subsequently the board of education of the city of Newark advertised for bids for the erection of the “South Side Public School”1 building in accordance with certain stated plans and specifications. The defendant submitted a bid and…