Jones v. Berry
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Greene Qounty Circuit Court. — Hon. W. D. Hubbard, Judge. There is no evidence to sustain the verdict. And the evidence clearly shows that Jones did not sell the land. Under a contract for commission for selling land, the agent is not entitled to compensation unless he was the efficient procuring cause of sale. McClave n. Paine, 41 How. Pr. 140; Earp v. Gumming, 54 Pa. St. 394; Wylie v. Marine Nat.
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Appeal from the Greene Qounty Circuit Court. — Hon. W. D. Hubbard, Judge. There is no evidence to sustain the verdict. And the evidence clearly shows that Jones did not sell the land. Under a contract for commission for selling land, the agent is not entitled to compensation unless he was the efficient procuring cause of sale. McClave n. Paine, 41 How. Pr. 140; Earp v. Gumming, 54 Pa. St. 394; Wylie v. Marine Nat. Bank, 61N. Y. 415; Chandler v. Button, 5 Daly, 112; Ward v. Fletcher, 124 Mass. 224. The evidence tends strongly to show an abandonment of agency by Jones, and instruction marked…
1Opinion of the CourtBiggs, J.
The plaintiff: alleges that the defendant entered into a contract with him, by which it was agreed that if he would procure a purchaser for a tract of land belonging to the defendant, he should receive, as compensation therefor, all in excess of twenty-seven hundred and fifty dollars, that the purchaser would agree to pay; that the plaintiff procured a purchaser, and through his exertions the land was sold for three thousand dollars, which defendant received. The petition then avers a refusal to pay plaintiff the amount due him, to-wit, two hundred and fifty dollars. The answer was a general…
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