Conrad v. Jackson

Conrad and Oates as copartners sued W. C. Jackson and others as copartners under the name of Harwood Turpentine Company upon a contract for the payment of commissions for the sale by the plaintiffs of certain lands owned by the defendants.

The declaration is not on the common counts for work done and labor performed nor account stated, but upon an alleged express promise to pay the plaintiffs a certain compensation for certain service.

There was a plea of never promised as alleged. That plea was the correct plea of the general issue. See Sec. 2666, Revised General Statutes, 1920.

It was a denial…