Sutherland v. Guthrie
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Action by John Cl Sutherland and others against W. M. Guthrie,. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
On the 17th of April, 1917, the defendant W. M. Guthrie executed to the plaintiffs a writing constituting them his exclusive agents for the period of forty days for the purpose of mating sale of a tract of land owned by Mm, containing a little more than sixteen acres, 'at the price of one thousand dollars per acre,, agreeing therein to pay said agents a commission of five per centum on the purchase price should they bring a purchaser, or be instrumental in effecting a sale. Shortly thereafter the plaintiffs negotiated a sale of the land at a price in excess of one thousand dollars…
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