Wolverine Farms Co. v. De Young
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Montcalm; Davis, J. Assumpsit by John G. Emery and John L. Bailey, copartners as the Wolverine Farms Company, against Cornelius De Young for broker’s commissions. Judgment for defendant on a directed verdict. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The plaintiffs, John G. Emery and John L. Bailey, copartners, doing a real estate business, at Grand Rapids, under the name of Wolverine Farms Company, brought this suit to recover from the defendant a commission of $200.
The declaration contains a special count and also the common counts in assumpsit. The plaintiffs claim to have acted as hiiddlemen in bringing together the *201defendant and one Stewart M. Rose, and that, by reason of the services of plaintiffs, the defendant and Rose came to an agreement and entered into a written contract in and by which said Rose agreed to trade a farm to the…
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