Murray v. Keenan
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Palo Alto District Court. — Jajaes DeLand, Judge. Action to recover commission for finding a purchaser for defendant’s farm. Under direction of the court, a verdict was returned for defendant. Plairitiff appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtArthur, J.
1- OT?nmfssioiLW'len earned. Defendant was the owner of 120 acres of land in Palo Alto County, and was living in Emmetsburg. Plaintiff ran a peanut, popcorn, and soft drink stand in Emmetsburg. The last of July or first of August, 1917, plaintiff and defendant met, and plaintiff asked defendant if he wanted to sell his farm. Defendant said he did. Plaintiff offered to find a purchaser for defendant, and defendant told him he might bring him a purchaser at $135 an acre, and that he would pay him $5.00 an acre for such service. The next day, plaintiff found one Pete Daley, and brought him to…
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- Prusiner v. HolsbergSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
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