Stieglitz v. Settle

Plaintiff sued defendant, Maria Encarnación de Sepulveda Settle, to recover his commissions as broker for services which he had rendered in the sale of certain of defendant’s land. The other defendant is the husband of Maria Encarnación, married to her after the consummation of the transactions forming the basis of this litigation. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence defendants moved for a nonsuit upon “the general broad ground of insufficiency of the evidence to justify the decision and that the plaintiff’s evidence showed moral turpitude.” The court granted the nonsuit upon the ground…