Carney v. John Hancock Oil Co.

Suing for a broker’s commission, plaintiff encountered at -the close of his own evidence an adversary motion for directed verdict, which was granted. He appeals from the order denying him a new trial.

Then the owner of a line of automobile filling stations in Minnesota, defendant in the autumn of 1929 transferred the whole property to Phillips Petroleum Company, taking in exchange stock in the latter corporation. We assume the transaction to have been so far a sale that, if not otherwise barred, plaintiff was entitled to a commission. He avers his employment by one Dixon representing…