Johnson Bros. v. Wright
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Kossuth District'Court.— Hon. W. B. Q carton, Judge. Action for commission for finding purchaser of land. Judgment as prayed, from which the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
In the fall of 1900 the defendant listed with plaintiffs a half section of land, situated in Kossuth *62county, at $40 per acre net to him. All above that amount was to be commission for their services, in finding a purchaser.' The purchaser was to assume a mortgage of $2,400 on each quarter section, and $5,00.0 was to be paid in cash, or else $1,000 in cash and $4,000 in thirty days. There was some controversy as to terms which the verdict resolved in favor of plaintiffs. On the 28th of March, 1901, they procured from one E. G. Seymour a contract to buy the land, and notified defendant by…
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