Addison v. Wanamaker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 73, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 2, Pliila. Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 588,. dismissing exceptions to report of referee. Exceptions to report of referee, J. Hampton Barnes, Esq.
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Appeal, No. 73, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. No. 2, Pliila. Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 588,. dismissing exceptions to report of referee. Exceptions to report of referee, J. Hampton Barnes, Esq. The referee reported as follows: Prior to February 3, 1893, the plaintiff, Arthur D. Addison, a real estate broker, licensed to do business in the city of Washington, D. C., called upon tlie defendant, Jolin Wanamaker, the owner of a residence building at No. 1731 I street Northwest, Washington, D. C., and inquired if the said residence was for sale, and solicited the right to sell it…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Chiee Justice Steeeett,
This action of assumpsit was brought to recover $2,250 commissions at the rate of two and one half per cent on $90,000, the price for which defendant’s former residence in Washington city was sold in 1893. Plaintiff averred in substance that, acting for the defendant as his real estate broker, he effected the sale and thereby earned the commissions claimed. The defendant, on the other hand, denied that he ever employed plaintiff to sell the property or procuro a purchaser therefor, and also denied that he owed him the sum claimed or any sum whatever. It…
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