Swingle v. Myerson

HOWARD, Judge.

Appellant-defendant Swingle appeals from a $6,000 judgment rendered against him at a trial before the court. The issues in this case revolve around whether appel-lee-plaintiff Myerson is entitled to recover a “finder’s fee” on the basis of quantum meruit.

The facts considered in the light most favorable to supporting the judgment of the trial court are as follows. In May, 1969, Swingle was a vice-president of Tucson Federal Savings & Loan Association. Myerson was a Tucson businessman related by marriage to the Capin family of No-gales, Arizona who then controlled the Security…