Mayer v. Rhoads

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Mayer v. Rhoads, 135 Pa. 601 (Pa. 1890)
20 A. 158; 1890 Pa. LEXIS 1226
Clark, Ctjeiam, Green, McCollum, Paxson, Sterrett

Mayer v. Rhoads

Opinion of the Court

Pee Ctjeiam:

There are three short extracts from the charge of the court assigned as error. Whether we consider the charge as a whole, or the isolated and brief sentences referred to in the assignments, it is free from error. The proposition that the plaintiff is entitled to recover commissions as a broker from a man who never employed him, nor authorized him to sell the tobacco, cannot be sustained either upon reason or authority. It certainly is not supported by Smith v. Milligan, 43 Pa. 107, or Keys v. Johnson, 68 Pa. 42. In neither case is there any indication of the right of a broker to recover without a pre*604vious employment, while Reed v. Tomlinson, 14 Leg. Int. 116, and Inslee v. Jones, Bright. 76, are the other way. The case is too plain for argument.

Judgment affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
D. A. MAYER v. C. J. RHOADS
Cited By
3 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
The fact that a broker had previously made a sale of goods for the defendant and had been paid by the latter a commission therefor, will not entitle him to recover commissions on a subsequent sale, effected through services on his part rendered without request or employment by the defendant.