Stieglitz v. Settle

This is an action instituted by the plaintiff to recover commissions as a broker for services rendered in the sale of the interest of the defendant, Mrs. Maria E. de Settle, in a certain tract of land consisting of 886 acres. The plaintiff had judgment for the sum of $12,581.20, and the defendant appeals, the ground for reversal urged being that the trial court, by its instructions to the jury, based upon what it deemed to be the law of the case, practically withdrew the question at issue from their consideration. We think this contention must be sustained. A reference to some of the…