Hackett v. Ashley

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SCOTT

delivered the opinion of the court:

This action was commenced by plaintiff, Lawrence M. Hackett, a licensed Illinois real estate broker from Carthage, Illinois. He sought to recover damages for the alleged failure of defendant, Roger D. Ashley, to pay plaintiff’s brokerage fee. A Hancock County jury rendered a verdict for the defendant upon which the trial court entered the judgment from which this appeal is taken. The trial court also denied plaintiff’s post-trial motion and this appeal is taken from that order.

Defendant and his wife, Linda, lived in Carthage,…