Perper v. Edell

Plaintiff-appellant filed suit in the court below against Joseph Edell and others, defendants-appellees, to recover a $25,000 real estate commission under a verbal listing contract alleged to have been made with plaintiff by the defendants. The defendants were co-owners of the property, and the plaintiff claimed that the listing was given to him by the defendant, Joseph Edell. At the first trial of the cause, the jury found for the defendants on evidence of the defendants directed solely to the mental capacity of the defendant Edell to enter into the listing contract. Upon appeal, this court…