Gillin
Gillin v. Hopkins
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Ellison, J.
The complaint in this action alleges that, at the special instance and request of the defendants, the plaintiff performed certain services, to wit: sold one hundred and seventy-five thousand shares of the Cat Canyon Oil Company; that defendants promised to pay plaintiff four thousand five hundred dollars for such services so rendered; that upon request they have refused to pay the same or any part thereof, and judgment is asked for that amount. The defendants answered by a general denial and also filed a counterclaim in which they alleged that they had loaned and advanced to the plaintiff one thousand three hundred and five dollars, no part of which has been paid except the sum of one hundred and forty-five dollars and asked for judgment for one thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. The findings were in favor of the plaintiff for four thousand five hundred dollars, the amount sued for, and in favor of the defendants for one thousand one hundred and sixty dollars, the amount asked in their counterclaim, and judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of three thousand three hundred and forty dollars, the difference between the two amounts, and for interest in the…