Fairchild v. Cunningham
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $150, and interest, broker’s commission for procuring a purchaser for real estate. The case was tried before Jaggard, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the sum demanded. From an order denying a motion for judgment in their favor notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
This was an action to recover by a real-estate broker á commission alleged to have been earned by a sale of real estate through his agency. Plaintiff had a verdict in the court below, and defendants appealed from an order denying their alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict of the jury, or for a new trial.
There is no substantial controversy about the controlling facts in the case. They are as follows: In the year 1899 defendants were the owners of a lot situated in the city of St. Paul. They gave plaintiff authority to sell the same; the price being fixed at the sum of…
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