Merton v. J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Ho». James Gibson, Judge. (1) Failure of proof. Blackwell v. Adams, 28 Mo. App. 61; Powell v. Railroad, 76 Mo. 80. (2) Brokers must be the procuring cause, and it is not sufficient for Ms act to be one of tbe chain of causes. Ramsey v. West, 31 Mo. App. 676, 687. (3) Plaintiff did not produce or introduce to defendant a purchaser ready, willing and able to purchase the engine at the price stipulated in the contract as he contends for.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Ho». James Gibson, Judge. (1) Failure of proof. Blackwell v. Adams, 28 Mo. App. 61; Powell v. Railroad, 76 Mo. 80. (2) Brokers must be the procuring cause, and it is not sufficient for Ms act to be one of tbe chain of causes. Ramsey v. West, 31 Mo. App. 676, 687. (3) Plaintiff did not produce or introduce to defendant a purchaser ready, willing and able to purchase the engine at the price stipulated in the contract as he contends for. Zeidler v. Walker,' 41 Mo. App. 121; Blackwell v. Adams, 28 Mo. App. 61; Eeiger v. Bigger, 29 Mo. App. 421. (4) That with…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
This is an action which was commenced before a justice of the peace. The statement filed by plaintiff alleged that the defendant was indebted to him in the sum of $210 for services rendered to it, at his request, in effecting a sale of a 12-horse-power Case engine, for the said defendant, to' William Borst, or Borst Brothers, of Leavenworth county, Kansas. That the said defendant was to pay the said plaintiff, as commission on said sale, twenty-five per cent on the sale price of said engine if the same was sold for cash, and twenty per cent if sold on time. The plaintiff says that the said…
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