Buckley v. Humason
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, Thomas A. Buckley, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey county, Egan, J., made October 23, 1891, denying his motion for a new trial.
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Appeal by plaintiff, Thomas A. Buckley, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey county, Egan, J., made October 23, 1891, denying his motion for a new trial. The defendants Emma E. Humason, Idora Montgomery, and Alice Eraneisco sold to Augustus K. Barnum certain leasehold property and buildings thereon, called Ogden Flats, in Chicago, Ill., in exchange for Midway property in St. Paul, valued at $175,000. The plaintiff was employed by defendants as their broker at Chicago, and he there procured the purchaser, and acted as their agent in the transaction. He brought this action to recover…
1Opinion of the CourtVandeRBURGH, J.
This action is brought by plaintiff to recover commissions for services as a real-estate agent or broker in procuring a purchaser for certain real estate in Chicago. The cause of action is stated as follows in the complaint: “During the year 1890 the plaintiff, at the special instance and request of the defendants, performed services for said defendants in the city of Chicago, in the state of Illinois, in and about procuring a purchaser for certain property in the state of Illinois, which said services were then and there of the reasonable value of $4,375, and which said sum the- defendants…
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