Morehouse v. Winter

Appellant was a broker in the business of securing and placing loans upon real estate, and had been engaged in this business for a number of years at Dan-ville, Illinois.

On January 5, 1909, a party representing himself to be one Greorge Miller came to the office of appellant and stated he was about to purchase a farm near Armstrong, Illinois, then owned by one Courtney; that he was to pay $135 an acre for the farm, which consisted of eighty-three and a fraction acres, further representing to Winter that he would pay cash for the farm but was buying it for a son and wanted to repair and…