McGuire v. Carlson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for broker’s commissions. Appeal from the County Court of Cook County; the Hon. Orrin N. Carter, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
The question here presented is, was the plaintiff the procuring cause of the sale ? Preliminary to this is, of course, was the plaintiff employed to make the sale ?
There is as to the matters that bear upon these questions no contradictory evidence.
The issue is thus made one of law.
A broker must first be employed; having been engaged, the utmost good faith must be exercised by him and his principal in their relations to each other.
That the plaintiff was engaged to make a sale of the premises for $6,000, is undisputed.
A sale was made by the principal for $5,600 to a person whose attention to…
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