Iselin v. Griffith
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from O’Brien District Court. Action to recover compensation for negotiating tbe sale of two tracts of land. The cause was sent to a referee, and, upon his report, judgment was rendered for plaintiffs. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The petition alleges that defendant, by an oral contract, employed plaintiffs to negotiate the sale of certain land. By the terms of the contract, plaintiffs “were to find a purchaser, or endeavor so to do,” and were to receive as compensation whatever the land sold for above $6.50 per acre. It is alleged that plaintiffs “did find a purchaser” for the land at the price of $9 per acre, “who were ready and willing to pay, and offered to pay that price in cash” for the land, and that defendant was notified thereof, and plaintiffs requested him to execute a deed to the purchaser, which he…
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