Webb v. Gorman
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 219, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Schuylkill Oo., May T., 1915, No. 249, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Jesse Webb and Oliver Keiser v. Joseph F. Gorman. Assumpsit to recover commissions for the sale of real estate. Before Bechtel, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $610.61. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
The written contract between these parties provided that the plaintiffs should be the agents for the sale of lots, and were to receive a commission of twenty (20) dollars on each lot sold. The parties so construed the agreement that the plaintiffs, acting under the authority given to them, induced sales of lots which the defendant admitted entitled them to a commission, and he paid to one of the plaintiffs fifty (50) dollars, and to the other $115, on account of sales they effected, leaving a balance of $155, for which this suit was brought.
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