Legal Opinion

Willoughby v. Brown

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 21, 1914No. Gen. No. 19,428PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John K. Prindiville, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1913.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker

This writ of error brings in review a judgment entered, on a verdict for plaintiffs against plaintiff in error Brown in the Municipal Court on an agreement to pay plaintiffs $846 as commissions for finding a tenant ready and willing to accept a lease for ninety-nine years of certain real estate on the. terms offered by Brown.

Mary E. Eyan was the owner of the real estate and had given Brown a power of attorney to sell and convey the same. The power of attorney did not give authority to lease, nor did it give authority to employ a broker. Brown stated to plaintiffs that he was authorized to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Malleable Iron Range Co. v. PuseyIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
  2. Doggett v. GreeneIllinois Supreme Court · 1912

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Montgomery Ward & Co. v. ArbogastWyoming Supreme Court · 1938
  2. Chapman v. Illinois Midwest Joint Stock Land BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1939
  3. Teich v. AyerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1918
  4. Lustig v. HutchinsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1953
  5. Lustig v. HutchinsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1953

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