Cannell v. Roush

The defendants exchanged a stock of merchandise at Alexandria, this state, for a farm in Iowa. Afterwards the plaintiffs brought this action to recover commissions for their services as agents in assisting the defendants in making the exchange. The verdict and judgment were in favor of the defendants, and the plaintiffs have appealed.

There is no controversy as to the principal facts. By correspondence the defendants employed the plaintiffs, who are co-partners in business, to find a purchaser to exchange with them a farm for their stock of merchandise. Thereupon the plaintiffs procured a…