Campbell v. Snoddy

Plaintiff brought this suit for breach o,f contract, recovered judgment for $1000 in the circuit court from which defendant appealed.

The contract sued upon consisted of telegrams and letters. The subject-matter of the contract was eighty-acres of land in Jasper County owned by the appellant, which she had placed for sale with her brother, Wm. Thompson, who had power of attorney in fact to act for her. The suit was brought against the owner of the land and her agent but was dismissed as to the agent, Wm. Thompson, after the evidence was all in.

The evidence discloses that Thompson placed an…