Schwartze v. Yearly
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. This was an action brought by the appellee in the Court of Common Pleas, in 1868, to recover the sum of $250, alleged to be due to him by the appellant, as compensation for his services in effecting the sale of certain land, in August, 1866, alleged by the appellee to have been sold through his efforts.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. This was an action brought by the appellee in the Court of Common Pleas, in 1868, to recover the sum of $250, alleged to be due to him by the appellant, as compensation for his services in effecting the sale of certain land, in August, 1866, alleged by the appellee to have been sold through his efforts. The defendant offered the following prayers: 1st. That although the jury believe from the evidence that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant to make the sale upon which this suit is based, and that the plaintiff introduced the parties who purchased…
1Opinion of the CourtRobtnson, J.
This suit was brought to recover for services rendered as a real estate broker, in the sale of certain property belonging to the appellant.
One of the questions at issue upon the trial below was the revocation of the plaintiff’s agency, prior to the commencement of negotiations, which resulted in the sale of the property.
There was an apparent contradiction between what the appellant said in her examination in chief, and on her cross-examination, as to whether she authorized Mr. Ditty to take the property out of the hands of the appellee, or to get the plat only.
At the close of a long…
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