Phinizy v. Bush
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before Judge Hammond. Richmond, superior* court. January 26, 1907. Bush sued Phinizy for commissions as a broker, and recovered a verdict. A new trial was refused, and the defendant excepted. A number of stockholders in the Augusta Railway and Electric Company entered into a pooling arrangement in December, 1902, not to sell their stock for less than fifty cents on the dollar of its par value.
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Complaint. Before Judge Hammond. Richmond, superior* court. January 26, 1907. Bush sued Phinizy for commissions as a broker, and recovered a verdict. A new trial was refused, and the defendant excepted. A number of stockholders in the Augusta Railway and Electric Company entered into a pooling arrangement in December, 1902, not to sell their stock for less than fifty cents on the dollar of its par value. The firm of Martin & Bush were designated as trustees to carry out the plan. The firm was dissolved, and Bush alone continued to act. Phinizy had seventy shares of stock covered by the…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
William E. Bush sued Leonard Phinizy for commissions alleged' to be due him as a broker, for services rendered by him in selling for the defendant 445 shares of stock in the Augusta Railway & Electric Company to the Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric Company. The jury found in favor of the plaintiff $1,-446.25, besides interest. A motion for a new trial was overruled,, and the defendant excepted. The motion contained numerous grounds, but, under the view we take, it will be unnecessary to discuss them in detail.
1-3. Where an owner of property employs a broker…
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