Glover v. Henderson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. R. H. Field, Judge. (1) The plaintiff’s agency was not for a definite period, nor coupled with an interest. Therefore, the defendant had the power to terminate it at will.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. R. H. Field, Judge. (1) The plaintiff’s agency was not for a definite period, nor coupled with an interest. Therefore, the defendant had the power to terminate it at will. State ex rel. v. Walker, 88 Mo. 279;- Missouri v. Walker, 125 U. S. 339; Sewing Machine Co. v. Fioing, 141 U. S. 635; Mechem on Agency, secs. 204, 207, 209, 614; Payne v. Go., 13 Lea, 507. (2) The plaintiff testifies that he reserved the right to quit the work involved in discharging the agency at any time; hence the defendant had the same right to terminate it. The agi’eement for a…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, P. J.
Plaintiff brought this suit to recover’the value of services rendered and expenses incurred in selling for defendant a large number of lots. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $4,000, from which the defendant appealed.
Mr. Henderson, the defendant, owned a tract of thirty acres of land adjoining Kansas City, upon which there was an incumbrance of $25,000. He laid the land off into an addition under the name of Round Top, so as to contain two hundred and eighty lots, the lots in general having a front of twenty-five feet each. He had purchased the land on…
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