Noble v. Mead-Morrison Manufacturing Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for $90,000 for “ services rendered in obtaining an order from the British government for the manufacture of one hundred thousand six-inch shells at $18 per shell,” the plaintiff’s claim being based upon an oral agreement, described in the opinion, alleged to have been made by the parties on July 30, 1915. Writ dated September 1, 1916. • The answer, besides a general denial, included an allegation that the contract relied on by the plaintiff was unlawful and…
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Contract for $90,000 for “ services rendered in obtaining an order from the British government for the manufacture of one hundred thousand six-inch shells at $18 per shell,” the plaintiff’s claim being based upon an oral agreement, described in the opinion, alleged to have been made by the parties on July 30, 1915. Writ dated September 1, 1916. • The answer, besides a general denial, included an allegation that the contract relied on by the plaintiff was unlawful and unenforceable.
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is an action to recover a commission, which the plaintiff alleges to be due under an express oral contract with the defendant to pay him five per cent for his services in connection with its obtaining from the British government a contract to make one hundred thousand six-inch shells at $18 each. Confessedly the defendant under date of September 20, 1915, made *16such a contract with the British government. The defendant pleaded a general denial and illegality of the contract. It filed specifications of illegality to the effect that the contract contemplated that the plaintiff would…
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