Davis v. Johnson

Johnson sold some real estate, and the appellants say through their agency, entitling them to commissions. They sue in assumpsit both Johnson and his lawyer, Ohytraus, who, if he had any part or interest in the business, had no other than as agent or attorney for Johnson, and even as such made no engagements with, or promise to them. As they had no cause of action against Chytraus, the court, trying the case without, a jury, rightly found for the defendants below, whether they had a good case as to Johnson alone, or not. Gribbin v. Thompson, 28 Ill. 61; Felsenthal v. Durand, 86 Ill. 230.

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