Sir John Beaumont.-

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Supreme Court of Palestine sitting as a Court of appeal dated 30-11-1943, reversing the judgment of the District Court of Tel Aviv dated 30-6-1943, and ordering judgment to be entered for the respondent for L.P. 500 with cost.

[2] In the year 1940, the appellants wished to acquire the majority of the shares in a company called Abir Company Ltd. The respondent was one of the share-holders in that company, and the appellants thought that he could influence other share-holders. Accordingly an agreement was entered into between the appellants and the respondent, the terms of which are to be found in a letter from the appellants to their solicitor, Dr. Ishayevitz, which was admittedly shown to the respondent. The letter is Ex. D-2, and contained the following provision :

"We hereby instruct you in your capacity as our advocate to communicate to Mr. Levi Geffen on our behalf that after we shall have procured the majority of shares in the Abir Company Ltd., either in our name or in the name of a trustee on our behalf, we shall pay him an amount of L. P. 250 for his help in procuring the majority of these shares."

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