Arkansas Lumber & Contractors' Supply Co. v. Benson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal'from Garland Circuit Court, W. H. Evans, Judge; The words “goods, wares and merchandise” in the statute of frauds include whatever is not embraced in the words “lands, tenements and hereditaments.” 13 Graft. 789; 24 N. Y. 353; 36 Vt. 64; 55 R- R- A. 155; 54 Atl. 225; 34 N. H. 477; 26 Atl. 134; 2 Wend. 327. There must have been a sale before the ¡broker is entitled to his commission. 87 Ark 506; 105 Cal. 514; 45 Am. St. 87; 13 La. Ann. 51; 50 N. Y. S. 128; 27 App.
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Appeal'from Garland Circuit Court, W. H. Evans, Judge; The words “goods, wares and merchandise” in the statute of frauds include whatever is not embraced in the words “lands, tenements and hereditaments.” 13 Graft. 789; 24 N. Y. 353; 36 Vt. 64; 55 R- R- A. 155; 54 Atl. 225; 34 N. H. 477; 26 Atl. 134; 2 Wend. 327. There must have been a sale before the ¡broker is entitled to his commission. 87 Ark 506; 105 Cal. 514; 45 Am. St. 87; 13 La. Ann. 51; 50 N. Y. S. 128; 27 App. Div. 117; 116 111. App. 397; 214 111. 259; 64 111. App. 208; 14 C. C. A. 109; 66 Fed. 425. An acceptance in order to bind…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
On the 19th day of October, 1907, A. W. Benson filed a complaint against the Arkansas Lumber & Contractors’ Supply Company in the" Garland Circuit Court, alleging therein that the Lumber & Supply Company, a corporation, employed him as a special salesman, and agreed to pay him a commission on all business secured for it by him at the rate of five per cent, on rough lumber and ten per cent, on millwork, and furnished him with $25 to defray expenses; that on July 27, 1907, he procured from Staunton & Collamore, contractors, a bill of specifications for wood work to be done in the Hotze or…
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