Porterfield v. American Surety Co.

— This is an action to recover unpaid broker’s commissions claimed to be due under a contract made by the American Surety Company with' an insurance broker, Edward E. Porterfield, Jr., relative to the latter’s procuring, and placing with defendant, the contract or right to furnish any part of the Bond required of the contractor selected to erect the new Missouri State Capitol.

After the broker bad performed bis part of the contract and, has received^ from defendant a part of *9his commissions, he, for a valuable consideration, assigned all commissions due and to become due under said broker’s…