Hitchens v. Ricketts

Stewart <& Brother, of the State of Ohio, owned certain lands in Starh county, Indiana. On November 12,1858, they appointed, in writing, one Carroll their attorney in fact, “to sell, transfer, assign, trade and dispose of said lands, either for cash or in exchange for other property.” He was to continue such attorney for eighteen months, and “ receive as a compensation for his said services one half of all the profits that he may make and realize on said lands after deducting three dollars per acre as the value of said lands.” It was further stipulated that if Carroll traded for other…