Marlin v. Sipprell
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Wadena county, Baxter, J., denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, after a trial and verdict in favor of plaintiffs for $308.92.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action to recover a commission alleged to be due plaintiffs for services rendered in procuring a purchaser for defendant’s farm. Plaintiffs had a verdict in the court below, and defendant appealed from an order denying a hew trial.
The facts are as follows: Plaintiffs are real estate agents doing business at Staples, Minnesota. Defendant owned a farm consisting of three hundred twenty acres, which he listed with them for sale at $26 per acre, and agreed, in case they found a purchaser at that price, to pay them the sum of $300 for their services. Part of the land constituted defendant’s…
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