Russell v. Poor
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. James E. Slover, Judge. (1) The court erred in not giving the peremptory instruction requested by the defendant. Mo. Ann. Stat. 1906, sec. 1993; Rothwell y. Gibson, 121 Mo.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. James E. Slover, Judge. (1) The court erred in not giving the peremptory instruction requested by the defendant. Mo. Ann. Stat. 1906, sec. 1993; Rothwell y. Gibson, 121 Mo. App. 279. (2) It has been held in Missouri that before a real estate broker is entitled to a commission for the sale or exchange of property, it is necessary that his acts must be the procuring and inducing cause and that it will not suffice for his act to he merely one of the chain of causes producing the contract. Stinde v. Belsch. 42 Mo. App. 578; Ramsey V. West, 31 Mo. App.…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
This suit is to recover commission for the alleged employment by defendant of the plaintiff to sell or exchange certain lots of ground belonging to him in Kansas City, Misouri, for other real estate. The date of the alleged employment was on or about April, 1904. It Avas shoAvn that plaintiff for awhile after said date endeavored to find either a purchaser for defendant’s lots or for exchange for the same but without success. In June, 1904, plaintiff learned of a farm in Wyandotte county, Kansas, which the defendant finally accepted in exchange for his said lots. Plaintiff called defendant’s…
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