Boardman v. Courteen
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: E. T. Eaibchild, Circuit Judge. . Tbis action was brought to recover commission, $3,000, claimed to Rave been earned in procuring a purchaser able, ready, and willing to purchase at the price of $150,000 certain real estate owned by the defendant.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: E. T. Eaibchild, Circuit Judge. . Tbis action was brought to recover commission, $3,000, claimed to Rave been earned in procuring a purchaser able, ready, and willing to purchase at the price of $150,000 certain real estate owned by the defendant. The plaintiffs offered evidence tending to show that they procured a purchaser able, ready, and willing to purchase according to the terms of the contract, and the defendant offered evidence tending to show the contrary. At the close of the evidence the court below directed a verdict…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed May 21, 1918:
KeRWIn, J.
The controlling question here is whether there was sufficient evidence to carry the case to the jury upon the issues involved. The evidence tends to show that in the years 1913 and 1914 the plaintiffs were engaged in the real-estate business in the city of Milwaukee; that in 1913 one Wetzel was requested by Sidney G. Courteen, husband of the defendant and her agent, to find a customer for the property referred to in the complaint at the price of $150,000. Wetzel listed the property with the plaintiffs at the price of $150,000, $50,000…
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