Reid v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.

This action was brought by Milton E. Reid and his wife, Hazel F. Reid, real estate brokers, doing business as Milton E. Reid & Company, against the Chicago Title and Trust Company and August A. Wilhelm, and the theory of plaintiffs’ original complaint was that they were entitled to recover commission from the Chicago Title and Trust Company because they were the efficient and procuring cause of the sale by said company to Wilhelm of an apartment building located at 1940 Sherman avenue, Evanston, Illinois. After plaintiffs’ complaint was stricken on motion of defendant Wilhelm, they filed an…