Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 14, 1922 (Juell v. Export Steamship Corp.)

Smith, J.:

The plaintiff was an old mariner and was acting as a shipbroker. In 1919 the defendant was seeking a ship for the purpose of transporting some merchandise to Denmark. A contract was made with the plaintiff by which, if the plaintiff would procure the steamship Millinocket for the defendant, he was' to receive two and one-half per cent on the charter party.