Legal Opinion
Hannan Real Estate Exchange v. Traub
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 22, 1921No. Docket No. 20PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Error to Wayne; Shepherd (Frank), J., presiding. Assumpsit by the Hannan Real Estate Exchange against Robert C. Traub and . William H. Traub, co-partners as Traub Brothers & Company, for a commission on a lease. Judgment for defendants on a directed verdict. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtWiest, J.
This suit involves the right of plaintiff to recover a commission for procuring for defendants an extension of their lease of property in the city of Detroit. The agreement counted upon by plaintiff reads:
“Traub Brothers & Company Jewelers
“Comer Woodward and Grand River Avenues. Detroit
“Hannan Real Estate Exchange,
“No. 1 McGraw Bldg.,
“Detroit, Mach.
“Gentlemen:
“Attention Mr. S. B. Roberts.
“The proposition outlined in your letter of October 30th has had the careful consideration it deserved, and this is to advise you we. have decided conclusively, in our own minds, that the Alexander Lewis…
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