Hanson v. Diamond Iron Mining Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Separate actions in tbe district court for Ramsey county, the first against defendants, Diamond Iron Mining Company, Frederick E. Foster and William J. Tully, to recover $1,250, the balance of a commission earned by plaintiff on the sale of real estate; the second to recover from defendants, Frederick E. Foster and William J. Tully $1,875 had and received by them to the use of plaintiff.
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Separate actions in tbe district court for Ramsey county, the first against defendants, Diamond Iron Mining Company, Frederick E. Foster and William J. Tully, to recover $1,250, the balance of a commission earned by plaintiff on the sale of real estate; the second to recover from defendants, Frederick E. Foster and William J. Tully $1,875 had and received by them to the use of plaintiff. Defendant mining company disclaimed all interest in the sum sought to be recovered from it and brought the same into court to await the determination of the action. The two cases were tried together before O.…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The Diamond Iron Mining Company, a corporation, owned a, large tract of mining property, which defendants Foster and Tully, with one Whitney and one Griffin, were authorized to sell for the sum of $100,000, they to receive for their services all they could obtain over and above that amount. Those parties entered into an agreement by which they agreed to unite their efforts towards making a sale, and to divide equally between them any commission they might receive over and above the sum of $100,000 to be paid the company.' They subsequently made a sale of the property to-one Hyman for the sum…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Strangeway v. EisenmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Adamson v. WigginsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Johnson v. OswaldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- Nichols & Shepard Co. v. Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Johnson v. MorstadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
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