Judges: CHAPMAN, C. J.:
Attorneys: J. Lewis Hall and George Schwartz, for appellant.
Harold Kassewitz for Ben Novak and Bell Novak, his wife, Bernstein Hodsdon for Charles Cohen and Frances Cohen and Shutts, Bowen, Simmons, Prevatt Julian, for Don Levinson and Ethel Levinson, his wife, appellees.
Filed: Jul. 12, 1946
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: The plaintiff below in his declaration alleged, in part, that on or about June 15, 1943, the defendants were engaged in operating the Atlantis Hotel at Miami Beach, Florida, and the hotel at the time was leased to the United States Army and the defendants were desirous of having the hotel returned to civilian use; that on the 20th day of June, 1943, the defendants employed the plaintiff to obtain information and assist in securing the return of the hotel to civilian use; the defendants promised
Summary: The plaintiff below in his declaration alleged, in part, that on or about June 15, 1943, the defendants were engaged in operating the Atlantis Hotel at Miami Beach, Florida, and the hotel at the time was leased to the United States Army and the defendants were desirous of having the hotel returned to civilian use; that on the 20th day of June, 1943, the defendants employed the plaintiff to obtain information and assist in securing the return of the hotel to civilian use; the defendants promised a..
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The large amounts of this allegedly agreed compensation, and the fact that it was conditioned upon success in getting favorable action by the board in Washington, inclines me to agree to the foregoing opinion. The mere employment by a person, or corporation, or a city, of some competent person to represent them and to present legitimate arguments before any one of the many boards and commissions in Washington, in order, if possible, to get favorable action by such a board on any matter vitally important to the protection of their legitimate interests, would seem to be not only lawful but, frequently, vitally necessary.
CHAPMAN, C. J., THOMAS and SEBRING, JJ., concur.