Mellios v. Dines

Plaintiff, Gus Thomas Mellios, is a resident of the city of Lansing. He brought an action in the circuit court of Ingham county against defendants, George Dines and James Rissin, for the sum of $1,000, growing out of an oral agreement relative to the sale of defendants’ business. At the time the alleged agreement was entered into defendants were operating the Club Diplomat, a restaurant where liquor was served. It is plaintiff’s claim that he was contacted by defendant, George Dines, who urged him to sell the Club Diplomat, and agreed, in the event a sale was made, to pay plaintiff the sum of…