Porter v. Beattie
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Columbia County. On and prior to May 16, 1892, the defendant John Ehr owned the farm in question, situated about two miles west of Portage City.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Columbia County. On and prior to May 16, 1892, the defendant John Ehr owned the farm in question, situated about two miles west of Portage City. Early in April, 1892, he applied to the defendant William Beattie, a real-éstate agent in Portage City, to sell said farm, and agreed with him, in writing, that he would take $2,600 for the same, less two per cent, commissions to be paid to said Beattie, and that said Beat-tie might, in addition, have all he could get over and above $2,600. Thereupon Beattie employed a Mr. Unger, residing at Marshall, about four…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The trial court failed to find the value of the land conveyed. Mr. Ehr readily agreed to take $2,600 therefor, less two per cent, commission for making the sale. There is nothing to indicate that he ever expected to get any more, nor that in his judgment it was worth any more. There is some evidence that it was not worth as much. It seems quite certain that it was not worth any more.
Beattie was to have all he could get over the $2,600, as well as the commissions named. Beattie had been in the real-estate business at Portage for about thirty years. Living thus about two miles from the farm,…
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