Gransbury v. Saterbak
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action, in the district court for Traverse county to recover $160 for services performed under a written contract. The reply was a general denial. The case was tried before Flaherty, J., who denied a motion to dismiss the action at the close of plaintiff’s case, and directed a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the amount demanded. From an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial, he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
In May, 1908, plaintiff and defendant entered inte a contract in writing, by the terms of which defendant agreed to pay plaintiff a commission of one dollar per acre on all lands sold by defendant to customers brought or sent to him by plaintiff. Plaintiff brought one Abbott to defendant, and on January 27, 1909, defendant sold to Abbott a quarter section of land. On that day a written contract for such sale was entered into between Abbott and defendant. By its terms the total purchase price was $5,000, $200 of which was paid in cash, $1,800 to be paid March 1, 1909, the remainder to be…
2Cited by10 opinions
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