Laux v. Hogl
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Fergus County; E. K. Cheadle, Judge. Action by Philip Laux and another against John C. Hogl. From a judgment for plaintiffs, and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals. submitted a brief; argued the canse orally.
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Appeal from District Court, Fergus County; E. K. Cheadle, Judge. Action by Philip Laux and another against John C. Hogl. From a judgment for plaintiffs, and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals. submitted a brief; argued the canse orally. The court told the jury, in both written and oral instructions, that if plaintiffs before the sale to Hodel produced a purchaser ready, able and willing to buy the brewery stock and the real estate, on the terms proposed by the defendant, they should find for the plaintiffs, otherwise for the defendant, and that by producing a purchaser is…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
delivered .the opinion of tbe court.
Plaintiffs are copartners, doing business as real estate brokers at Lewistown, Montana. In this action, they seek to recover the sum of $5,000, alleged to be due them for their services to defendant in procuring a purchaser of 450 shares of the capital stock of the Lewistown Brewing Company and of certain real estate situated near Lewistown, in Fergus county, all the property of the defendant. The trial resulted in a judgment for the plaintiffs. The defendant has appealed from the judgment and an order denying him a new trial.
There is serious question…
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