Gilbert v. McCullough

— The plaintiff is a real estate agent doing business in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. Defendant resides in Dubuque County and at the date *363of the transaction in controversy owned a lot in Sioux City. Plaintiff instituted this action at law against the defendant in the district court of Woodbury County, alleging that the latter was indebted to him for commission on the sale of the lot above mentioned, and stated his cause of action substantially as follows: That defendant, being the owner of said property during the years 1905 and 1906, employed one Downey as his agent in Sioux City to…