Vaughan v. Pleasonton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Goochland county in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the defendants. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action was brought by R. F. Vaughan, a real estate agent, to recover of Alfred and Theresa Pleasonton $2,000, commissions alleged to be due the plaintiff on a sale alleged to have been made by him for the defendants of their landed estate in Goochland county, at the price of $40,000.
There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendants, to which this writ of error was awarded.
The essential facts in the case are few and undisputed. It appears that on March 10, 1909, the defendants united in the following letter to the plaintiff: “You are hereby authorized to sell our farms, composed…
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