Nagl v. Small
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Carroll District Court. — Hon. F. M. Powers, Judge. Action to recover a commission for the sale of land. At the conclusion of the evidence for the plaintiff, the court, on defendant’s motion, directed a verdict in his favor, and from judgment on this directed verdict the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, C. J.
The evidence introduced for the plaintiff tended to show that in August, 1909, defendant requested the plaintiff to find a purchaser for defendant’s farm of two hundred and fifty-eight acres for $26,000, agreeing to give plaintiff’s $1 per acre if he found such purchaser. Soon after this arrangement was made, plaintiff took a man by the name of Heller out to look at the farm, and he was pleased with the place and was satisfied to buy it if he could raise the money required. The terms of payment fixed by defendant were $.1,000 down and $18,000 on the 1st of March following, when possession was…
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