Hise v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Washington District Court.— Hon. B. W. Preston, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for failure to deliver telegram. There was a directed verdict and judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, C. J.
The wife of the plaintiff owned a tract of land in Iowa which he alleged she authorized him to sell at a price of not less than $5,160, and to retain as commission all which he might realize from such sale over *330and above the sum named. After this authority had been conferred upon plaintiff, he went to Madison,- S. D., for „a time, leaving an agency to find 'a suitable purchaser for the land with the real estate firm of B. F. Dixon & Co. The evidence tends to show that on October 10, 1903, and while plaintiff was still at Madison, Dixon delivered the following message to the defendant company…
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