Knudson v. Laurent
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wright District Court. — Hon. C. G-. Lee, Judge. Action to recover a commission for finding a purchaser, or for selling one hundred and twenty acres of defendant’s land. The agency is denied by defendant, and he also denied that plaintiffs found a purchaser upon the terms agreed, and further pleaded that, before any purchaser was found, he (defendant) had concluded not to sell the land and had revoked plaintiffs’ agency.
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Appeal from Wright District Court. — Hon. C. G-. Lee, Judge. Action to recover a commission for finding a purchaser, or for selling one hundred and twenty acres of defendant’s land. The agency is denied by defendant, and he also denied that plaintiffs found a purchaser upon the terms agreed, and further pleaded that, before any purchaser was found, he (defendant) had concluded not to sell the land and had revoked plaintiffs’ agency. Upon the issues joined, the case was tried to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Plaintiffs allege, in substance, that defendant employed them to find a purchaser for one hundred and twenty acres of land at the price of $126 per acre, $1,000 of which was to be paid in cash at the time of the making of the contract, $3,000 or $4,000 to be paid March 1, 1912, and the balance to be paid in ten years and draw 5 per cent.; that they were to have $1 per acre as a commission; that, in pursuance of said agreement, they found one, ready, able and willing to take the land upon the terms proposed; and that by reason thereof defendant is indebted to them in the sum of $120 with…
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