Legal Opinion

Harriott v. Holmes

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided July 12, 1899No. Nos. 11,572—(172)PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Action in the district court for Redwood county to recover tbe amount of a broker’s commission. The case was tried before Webber, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff; and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

START, O. J.

Action by the plaintiff, as the assignee of O. L. Dornberg, to recover a broker’s commission, in the sum of $390, for making sale of certain real estate for the defendant. Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, and the defendant appealed from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

The allegations of the complaint are to the effect: That Ó. L. Dornberg and the defendant entered into a written contract whereby the latter employed and authorized the former to sell, and find a purchaser for, a tract of land owned by the defendant, containing 640 acres, on the following…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Vaughan v. McCarthySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
  2. Hewitt v. BrownSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1874

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Taubert v. TaubertSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
  2. State v. AmesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
  3. State v. SailorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
  4. State v. YatesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
  5. Krahn v. J. L. Owens Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914

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