Lang v. Hand
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit for commissions. Appeal 'from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. James Goggin, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
This was a suit to recover commissions for the sale of real estate. The appellee was a duly licensed real estate broker doing business in Chicago, and the appellant was the owner of a piece of property which he authorized the appellee to sell for him for the sum of $58,000 net.
The appellee procured a purchaser for the property for the sum of $59,450, which equaled the selling price of $53,000 and two and one-half per cent as commissions added. The addition of the commissions to the authorized net price was agreed to by the contemplated purchaser, and a written contract for the sale and…
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