Dillon v. Turkey Gap Coal & Coke Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, McDowell County. Action by J. F. Dillon against the Turkey Gap Coal & Coke Company for broker’s commissions for selling mining machinery. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge:
This is an action begun by plaintiff, a broker, for the re-covei’y of commissions alleged to be owing him by defendant, for making sale for it of certain mining machinery, then situate in West Virginia, to Riley Brothers & Company, located in Ohio, and to whom said machinery was consigned by defendant, and delivered to them by the carrier.
The contract, in writing, with plaintiff was negotiated and entered into through MeQuail, vice-president and general manager of the defendant company, and one Cockill, superintendent on the ground, the contract being signed on defendant’s…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Hugill v. WeekleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
- Grosse v. CooleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Linton v. JohnsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
- Bankers Loan & Investment Co. v. SpindleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908
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- Beattie-Firth, Inc. v. ColebankWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1958