Rorebeck v. Van Eaton

The only question in this case is one of fact, — as to whether or not defendant was the agent of the plaintiff in the transactions hereinafter set forth. It is conceded by counsel that, if the defendant was acting as agent, the judgment below was right. It seems that in February, 1891, plaintiff employed the defendant to negotiate for him with the owners for the purchase of a tract of land lying in the city of Hamburg, Iowa. The defendant represented to plaintiff that he had written the owners of the land, and that one thousand, five hundred dollars was the least they would take for the land.…