Meriden Coal Mining Co. v. Van De Water

Citations

• 191 F. 805
• 112 C.C.A. 319
• 1911 U.S. App. LEXIS 4990

Syllabus

<p>Factors (§ 46*) — Action fob Compensation — Amount op Recovery — When Question por Jury.</p> <p>Selling agents, employed by a coal company to sell and make deliveries of coal on its arrival at tidewater, who were paid a commission therefor, were not, as matter of law, and in the absence of further contract, entitled .to the same commission on contracts negotiated by them as brokers with a purchaser for stated quantities of coal to be delivered by the company at its mines; and, in an action to recover for their services, the. direction of a verdict, on the theory that they were so entitled, was error.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other oases, see Factors, Dec. Dig. § 46.*]</p>