Menenberg v. CARL R. SAMS REALTY CO. INC.

Plaintiff Jack H. Menenberg, a certified public accountant and attorney-at-law, was. an accountant for the Felsot Building Company in 1949. He occupied an office which he rented from George F. Curran, an attorney for Carl R. Sams Company. This company, a copartnership consisting of Carl R. Sams, Charles J. Merrill and Paul Threm, was engaged in the real estate brokerage business.

Sams and Menenberg discussed the possibility of an agreement to sell property for Felsot. Sams proposed that, if such an arrangement could be made, the company would compensate Menenberg for his services in connection…