Donahoe v. Gagen

This was an action by the plaintiff-appellee against the defendants-appellants brought'in the municipal court of Des Moines, Iowa,’to recover $400 as commission or compensation on account of securing a loan for the defendants of $20,000 on real estate in the city of Des Moines. In his petition the plaintiff states that the defendants orally requested him to secure for them a loan or mortgage on certain property belonging to the' defendants (described in plaintiff’s petition); that the amount of the loan was not definitely agreed upon and that the defendants agreed to pay the plaintiff as a…