Pawlowic v. Pearce

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane County from a judgment entered on jury verdicts awarding the plaintiffs actual damages in the amount of $750 and punitive damages in the amount of $5577.

To review the errors urged by the defendant, a brief summary of evidence adduced is necessary. The plaintiffs listed a home for sale in Aurora, Illinois, with the defendant’s real estate office during the summer of 1962, agreeing to pay a commission of six percent on the gross sales price. Through the efforts of the defendant, on the 18th of September, 1962, Nathaniel and Mary Ann Barnes…