Peters v. Riley
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mingo County. Action by J. W. Peters against John W. Riley. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POFFENBARGER, JUDGE:
Plaintiff’s judgment on the verdict of a jury in an action of assumpsit, for commissions on a sale of land by the defend*786ant to P. W. Patterson, is assailed on several grounds. Most of the rulings o’f the trial court, to which exceptions were taken, pertain to the agency of the plaintiff, his employment, the contract as to compensation and his fidelity to his principal in the transaction.
The evidence clearly tends to prove the activity and service of Peters, respecting the tract of land sold by Riley to Patterson, were the effeient cause of the sale; but his employment by…
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