Weller v. Phillip Gross Realty Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit for Milwaukee county: John J. Gregory, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover a commission claimed to be due the respondents.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit for Milwaukee county: John J. Gregory, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover a commission claimed to be due the respondents. The action was tried to the court and a jury* After the evidence was in, both parties moved for a directed verdict; thereupon the jury was dismissed, and the court made findings of fact and conclusions of law, pursuant to which judgment was entered for respondents in the sum of $10,517.89, from which judgment the defendant, appellant here, appeals. The appellant is a corporation and owned a ninety-nine-year lease with…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed January 11, 1921:
Kerwin, J.
The appellant excepted to the findings of fact, and the main controversy in this case turns on whether the facts found by the court below are supported by the evidence.
A great amount of testimony was taken in the case, much of which had little bearing upon the questions at issue. That an agency to sell the property in question was Created is not denied, but the vital question is, Did the plaintiffs produce a person ready and willing to buy the property in accordance with the terms of the agency ?
1. The following facts appear to be…
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