Rutherford v. Selover
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $738.50, and interest, commission earned on the sale of real estate under a contract with defendants. The case was tried before Simpson, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of defendants.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $738.50, and interest, commission earned on the sale of real estate under a contract with defendants. The case was tried before Simpson, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of defendants. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, plaintiffs appealed, their fifty-fourth assignment of error, referred to in the opinion, being directed to the following instruction in the trial judge’s charge to the jury: “In considering whether that adjustment was made you will take into…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action to recover a commission alleged to have been earned by plaintiffs on the sale of certain real property under a contract with defendants. Defendants had a verdict in the court below, and plaintiffs appealed from an order denying their alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or for a new trial-
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