Kinkead v. Hartley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. — Hon. Henry Bank, Jr., Judge. Action at law to recover a commission for securing a loan wbicb was to be secured by mortgage upon defendant’s land. Directed verdict for defendant at tbe close of plaintiff’s testimony, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDbemer, J.
1. • BROKERS * CLC" peusatióu-mévidenee. The petition is short, and simply states that on the 15th day of February, 1906, at defendant’s instance and request, plaintiff procured a loan of $57,000 for him (defendant), for which he expressly under-an<^ aSree<3- to pay plaintiff the sum of p per eent-; or $570, and he asked judgment for that amount, with interest. The answer was a general *615denial. The testimony adduced in support of the petition does not show that defendant himself had any negotiations with plaintiff regarding any loan until some time the latter part of the year 1906, when…
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