Ratts v. Shepherd, Bucher & McCown
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Chase District Court. Action by Shepherd, Bueher & MeCown against Batts to recover $300, as commission for the sale of a certain farm containing 837 acres. Trial at the December Term, 1885. Verdict for plaintiffs for $283. New trial denied, and judgment on the verdict. The defendant brings the case here. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Simpson, C.:
The assignment of error to which most of the brief of the plaintiff in error is devoted, is, that there is not sufficient evidence to sustain the verdict of the jury. The facts as proven at the trial are as follows: The defendants in error were in the real-estate business at Emporia. The plaintiff in error was a resident of Chase county, and possessed a farm which he desired to sell. In December, 1884, he placed it in the hands of the defendants in error for sale, at $10,500, and was to pay three per cent, commission in the event they sold it for him. They advertised it…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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