Biddison v. Johnson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1892.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court,
Shepard, J.
On February 4, 1890, the appellant made a written application to appellees, who were licensed brokers, for a loan of $18,000, on certain real estate security, and agreed to pay a commission of five per cent for procuring such loan.
The writing is silent as to the time within which the loan should be procured, and hence the law would imply that it should be procured within a reasonable time.
The appellees, through their clerk, one Parkhurst, immediately offered the loan to various persons, and among others, to James McKindley, who, Parkhurst says, told him that he…
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