Sixta v. Ontonagon Valley Land Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Winnebago county: Geo. W. RueNbll, Circuit Judge. Tbis action is brought to recover damages for breach of a written contract by which the defendant, as owner of lands, gave the plaintiffs the exclusive agency from date of the contract, April 5, 1909, until January 1, 1911, for the sale of the lands included in the contract. The quantity of land was 17,340 acres in Ontonagon county and adjoining counties in Michigan.
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Appeals from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Winnebago county: Geo. W. RueNbll, Circuit Judge. Tbis action is brought to recover damages for breach of a written contract by which the defendant, as owner of lands, gave the plaintiffs the exclusive agency from date of the contract, April 5, 1909, until January 1, 1911, for the sale of the lands included in the contract. The quantity of land was 17,340 acres in Ontonagon county and adjoining counties in Michigan. The defendant agreed to pay the plaintiffs a commission of $1.50 per acre upon all lands sold by them under the contract. This…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecKER, J.
An examination of the contract made by the parties discloses that the plaintiffs were given the exclusive right to sell the lands as the defendant’s agents, except that the defendant had the right to sell upon the terms and conditions specified. Another stipulation provided that all sales made by the plaintiffs must be submitted to the defendant to fix the price and the terms of sale, and the moneys received on the sales approved by the defendant, above the stipulated commission the plaintiffs were entitled to, were to be turned over to the defendant and all securities taken on sales were to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Barnes v. ReaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Sixta v. Ontonagon Valley Land Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
- Boyd v. De LanceyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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