Merle O. Milligan Co. v. Lott

There is practically no dispute as to the facts. The plaintiff appellee, Merle O. Milligan Company, is a corporation engaged in tbe real estate business in Des Moines, Iowa. One Y. O. Marriott was a salesman for tbe plaintiff with authority as agent to enter into listing contracts, and in May, 1934, met tbe defendant appellant, Roy Lott, at tbe home of one Charles Lewis in Des Moines, Iowa. Lott was tbe owner of a certain tract of real estate In tbe city of Des Moines and was desirous of selling it. Marriott, the agent, had a printed form of a so-called listing contract and filled in the…