Pitzer v. Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.

In this case the defendant company on May 10, 1939, sent its vice-president to Nebraska City and solicited the services of plaintiff, now deceased, as its agent to undertake and .complete transactions, for and on behalf of said defendant, to promote the sale of the Missouri river bridge, owned by the Waubonsie Bridge Company, to Nebraska City or to Otoe county, which purchase would be closed by the issuance of revenue bonds to be delivered to defendant company. Another vice-president, in a letter from the Chicago office, confirmed in writing the terms of the employment as made with the first…