Manufacturers' Furniture Co. v. Read

This action was instituted by appellee's testator against appellant to recover compensation alleged to have been earned under verbal contract between him and appellant, and in the trial below there were a directed verdict and judgment, from which an appeal has been duly prosecuted. The plaintiff died after the appeal was perfected, and the cause has been revived in the name of the present appellee as executor. It was alleged, in substance, that the defendant entered into a verbal contract with the plaintiff, whereby the latter was employed to negotiate a lease from the owner of a certain…