Yedinskey v. Strouse
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 169, Oct. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., May T., 1896, No. 492, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit to recover for services in selling real estate. Before Bechtel, J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $325.80. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 169, Oct. T., 1897, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., May T., 1896, No. 492, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit to recover for services in selling real estate. Before Bechtel, J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $325.80. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were (1) In not affirming the defendant’s first point, to wit: “ That the testimony of the plaintiff and his witnesses shows that the plaintiff was in the business of buying and selling real estate, and that he had no license, and therefore…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Wickham, J.,
The defendant, desiring to sell certain real estate in Potts-ville, at the price of $20,000, offered the plaintiff who was the court interpreter of Schuylkill county $300 to find him a pur-, chaser. The plaintiff secured a buyer, who bought at the price fixed. The employment of the plaintiff, although denied by the defendant, was found by the jury on ample evidence, to have taken place. When the plaintiff demanded his compensation, it was refused, hence this suit.
The agreement between the parties was made in 1895 or earlier, the sale took place in the fall of 1895, about…
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