Beadle v. Sage Land & Improvement Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Chippewa; Steere, J. Assumpsit by Charles S. Beadle against the Sage Land & Improvement Company for commissions on the sale of certain real estate. There was judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
In November, 1902, defendant sold a large tract of land situated in Chippewa county, in this State, to the Northwestern Timber Land Company. Plaintiff, under the claim that he was entitled to a commission for making said sale, brought this suit. This suit was tried before a jury, and a verdict directed in defendant’s favor. Plaintiff asks us to reverse the judgment entered on said verdict. He insists that the evidence shows or warrants the inference that he was the procuring cause of the sale, and that, by virtue of a contract between him and defendant, he was entitled to a commission…
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