Stanley v. Hudson

Gardner, J.(a) The defendant in error here, H. Q. Hudson, whom we shall call Hudson, sued Wilbur Stanley and A. Sidney Clark, plaintiffs in error here and defendants in the court below, whom we shall refer to as defendants and use their names as Stanley and Clark, when necessary to refer to them separately. The suit was brought by Hudson against the defendants for five percent commissions for selling Bulls Island to one Crossley for $45,000. There was no written contract between them. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Hudson for the amount sued for. An amended motion for a new trial was…