Hall v. Rankin

Action of assumpsit for work and labor done and performed by the plaintiff for the defendant, at his special instance and request, in and *14about “the examination, investigation and sale of certain mining properties.” The plaintiff offered oral testimony tending to prove that tbe Henrietta mine belonged to tbe Braganza Mines Company, tbe defendant owning sixty-five per cent of tbe capital stock of tbe company; that tbe defendant approached the plaintiff and said to him substantially:

“I have been trying to sell the Henrietta mine to the Big Ledge people, but the mine must stand the inspection of…