Milligan v. Owen
Supreme Court of Iowa
’Appeal from PoTk District Court. — Hon. W. H. McHenry, Judge. Action to recover damages for breach of au alleged contract of agency for tbe sale of real estate. Trial by the court without a jury. Judgment for defendant, from which plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
The contract of agency, if any existed, was made by correspondence set out in the record, the material portions of which may be stated as follows: On the 9th *286of December, 1901, plaintiff wrote to defendant requesting an agency for the sale of certain described land of defendant “till March 1st next,” and suggesting terms on which plaintiff thought he might be able to effect a sale. To this letter defendant replied on the next day, stating the terms on which he would sell, and saying, “If you or any one finds a buyer on these terms before March 1, 1902, it can go; but, in view of present and…
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