In an action by an architect for compensation for procuring capitalists ready and willing to undertake the construction of a hotel, it was alleged that his right to compensation depended on his procuring satisfactory arrangements for the erection of a hotel on the land then owned by the defendant, that he procured the necessary capital to construct the hotel on terms agreeable to defendant, on such premises and on premises subsequently purchased by defendant. Held, that complaint alleged performance by the architect of his contract of employment and stated a cause of action. Lucas v. Smith, 98 N. Y. S. 1037, 113 App. Div. 31.