Griffith v. Cowan
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 74, April T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., May T., 1913, No. 732, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Edgar C. Griffith v. Richard Cowan. Assumpsit to recover commissions for sale of real estate. Before Copeland, P. J. At the trial it appeared that Edgar C. Griffith, a real estate broker, claimed to recover from Richard Cowan, the defendant, commissions for selling three properties on Madison street in the borough of Greensburg.
Read the full summary
Appeal, No. 74, April T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., May T., 1913, No. 732, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Edgar C. Griffith v. Richard Cowan. Assumpsit to recover commissions for sale of real estate. Before Copeland, P. J. At the trial it appeared that Edgar C. Griffith, a real estate broker, claimed to recover from Richard Cowan, the defendant, commissions for selling three properties on Madison street in the borough of Greensburg. The properties were actually sold by Cowan to Annie Maczko, Mihil Maczko and George Vargo, each taking one of them. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The plaintiff, who was a licensed real estate broker, *627sued for, and on the trial recovered, commissions on the aggregate sum for which the defendant sold three contiguous properties — one to Mihil Maczko, one to Annie Maczko, his wife, and one to George Vargo. There was a conflict of evidence as to whether the plaintiff was employed at all to procure a purchaser or purchasers for these particular properties, but that question was submitted tó the jury under instructions of which the defendant cannot justly complain, and their verdict, which was amply supported by…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Earp v. CumminsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
- Johnson v. SeidelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
3Cited by2 opinions
- Seligson v. YoungSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Young v. DempseySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1917