Means Bros. v. Yeager
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Boone District Court. — Hon. D. R. Hind-man, Judge. This action was brought to recover three hundred •dollars as compensation to the plaintiffs for selling a farm for the defendant. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict for the defendant. Plaintiffs filed a motion for a new trial, which motion was sustained, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, C. J.
I. The plaintiffs had no written authority to sell the defendant’s farm. They claim that, being engaged in the real-estate business, the defendant verbally requested them to make a sale of *695his farm, and in pursuance of that request they found a purchaser, who bought the farm, and they claim that they are entitled to a reasonable commission or compensation for their services. The defendant, by his answer, admitted that the plaintiffs were in the real estate business, and denied every other allegation in the petition. W. B. Means, of the firm of Means Bros., plaintiffs, testified as a witness…
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