Brown v. Republican Mountain Silver Mines, Ltd.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Rrror to District Court of Clear Creek County. . Action against a mining corporation by one of its directors to recover compensation as managing director. Judgment of nonsuit.
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Rrror to District Court of Clear Creek County. . Action against a mining corporation by one of its directors to recover compensation as managing director. Judgment of nonsuit. From tbie record it appears that the defendant below, The Republican Mountain Silver Mines, Limited,” was a mining corporation organized under the laws of Great Britain, and that it was engaged in the business of mining in Clear Creek county, Colorado, between the years 1880 and 1890; and, further, that J. Warren Brown, plaintiff below, was one of the directors and also the managing director of said company during most…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Elliott
At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the district court upon *424defendant’s motion rendered a judgment of nonsuit upon the ground that plaintiff had failed to prove a sufficient case for the jury. Code, sec. 166. This action of the court is assigned for error, and it is the only matter urged in argument for reversal. The ground of defendant’s motion for nonsuit was, that there could be no recovery in the case since there was no evidence of an express agreement or arrangement between the plaintiff Br<?wn and the defendant company by which lie was to have compensation for the services sued for.
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