Witzel v. Zuel
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Blue Earth county to recover $855 and interest for services in procuring purchasers for defendants’ lands. The case was tried before Cray, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $479.15. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
Defendants, a partnership, were engaged in the sale of real estate on commission for the owners. The firm authorized plaintiff to solicit and procure purchasers of their listed lands. For his services he was to have from his employers as compensation a designated price for each acre sold. Defendants, upon the issue tendered in the pleadings, claim that the only contract between the parties relative to plaintiff’s pay was in writing, by which he was to have a less sum per acre than he claimed under a subsequent alleged change in the written agreement. Several sales through the instrumentality…
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- Borchert v. Skidmore Land Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1919