Flick v. Ellis-Hall Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county, to recover $1,548, commission for services rendered pursuant to contract. . The case was tried before Fish, J., who at the close of the testimony granted the .motion of defendant Ellis to dismiss the action as to him and denied the motion of plaintiff for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict for the amount demanded. From an order denying its motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
In this action, upon a written contract, a verdict was rendered for plaintiff. Defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied and it appeals.
Plaintiff is doing business as a sales agent. Her husband is the manager. Defendant, a corporation, on December 24, 1915, owned a stock of goods and fixtures at Brookings, South Dakota, when plaintiff, by written contract, undertook to conduct a “quitting business” sale of the same for defendant, the compensation to be 6 per cent of the gross amount of the sales. Pursuant to the terms of the contract, sales were advertised and had up to the twenty-sixth…
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