Huntington v. Wolcott
Supreme Court of Connecticut
MOTION for a new trial. This was an action of assumpsit. The declaration stated, that in June, 1795, the defendant represented, that he had entered into certain articles of agreement with one Alexander Smyth, for the purchase of about 1,500,000 acres of land, in Virginia, upon certain conditions, to the plaintiff unknown; that in the month of August, 1795, lie offered hitnself as agent for such persons as were desirous of becoming purchasers of such lands, and proposed to…
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MOTION for a new trial. This was an action of assumpsit. The declaration stated, that in June, 1795, the defendant represented, that he had entered into certain articles of agreement with one Alexander Smyth, for the purchase of about 1,500,000 acres of land, in Virginia, upon certain conditions, to the plaintiff unknown; that in the month of August, 1795, lie offered hitnself as agent for such persons as were desirous of becoming purchasers of such lands, and proposed to procure for them, from the state of Virginia, a title to such lands, at the price of ten cents per acre, for such number…
1Opinion of the Court
Mitchell, Ch. J.
This action is brought to recover a compensation for services rendered to the defendant. The declaration states, that Wolcott had offered himself as agent for such persons as would become interested in the purchase of certain Virginia lands, and employ him to effect such purchase, at ten cents per acre. He solicited the plaintiff to undertake to procure individuals to employ Wolcott, as agent, and engaged to pay Huntington one cent per acre on all the lands which he would either take, or procure to be taken, on the terms stated ; provided the same should amount in the whole to…
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