Fallen v. Rauguth

Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action for a real estate broker’s fee, brought by plaintiff against defendant for having at his instance procured one Joseph A. Holpuch to agree to purchase the real and personal property of Arlington Cemetery Association,

There was a trial before court and jury with a resulting verdict and judgment of $5,000, from which judgment defendant prosecutes this appeal.

The evidence indisputably shows that defendant did employ plaintiff to sell the Cemetery Association property for a half million dollars, and that he did agree…