Lockwood v. Rose

— This was an action by the appellees against the appellant to recover compensation alleged to be due them for services rendered by the appellees, as real estate brokers, for the appellant in the sale of certain described land. The complaint consists of two paragraphs. The first paragraph alleges, substantially, that on the 15th day of August, 1886, the appellant employed the appellees to procure for him a sale, or a purchaser, for certain described lands in De Kalb county, Indiana; that appellees accepted said employment and' expended much time and money in their efforts to procure a…