FIRST MID AMERICA INC. v. MCI COMMUNICATIONS

No. 43957.

321 N.W.2d 424 (1982)

212 Neb. 57

FIRST MID AMERICA INC., a corporation, and Kirkpatrick-Pettis Smith Polian Inc., a corporation, Appellants, v. MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

July 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan E. Peterson of Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, Lincoln, for appellants.

Murray Ogborn and Robert L. Bals of Nelson & Harding, Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, and CLINTON, JJ., and HAMILTON and CASE, District Judges.


CASE, District Judge.

This action is based on an alleged oral contract entered into in New York State by two investment banking-brokerage firms, First Mid America Inc. (FMA), and Kirkpatrick-Pettis Smith Polian Inc. (KPSP), both based in Nebraska. FMA and KPSP claimed that they were due the sum of $150,000 as a finder's fee for assisting the appellee, MCI Communications Corporation (MCI), in acquiring control over a Nebraska communications service company called N...

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