Green v. Wright
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Shepard Barclay, Judge. A usage of trade or custom, to be valid, must be certain, uniform, general and reasonable. Ober v. Carson, 62 Mo. 209; Speyer v. Seun, 7 Mo. App. 256; Fitzsimmons v. Academy,' 10 Mo. App. 595; Cordon v. Livingston, 12 Mo. App. 267; Sill v. Morris, 21 Mo. App. 256; Ins.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Shepard Barclay, Judge. A usage of trade or custom, to be valid, must be certain, uniform, general and reasonable. Ober v. Carson, 62 Mo. 209; Speyer v. Seun, 7 Mo. App. 256; Fitzsimmons v. Academy,' 10 Mo. App. 595; Cordon v. Livingston, 12 Mo. App. 267; Sill v. Morris, 21 Mo. App. 256; Ins. Co. v. Neuberger, 74 Mo. 167; Fitzsimmons v. Academy, 81 Mo. 37; Strong v. Railroad, 15 Mich. 220 (Judge Cooley’s able and exhaustive opinion); Lawson on Customs, sec. 10, pp. 32, 31, p. 62-3; sec. 44, p. 75. What is a sufficient usage to bind the…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This is an action by a real-estate.broker to recover the reasonable value of services alleged to have been rendered by him and expenses incurred in endeavoring to effect a sale of certain real estate belonging to the defendant. The petition predicates a right of recovery *302upon tlie allegation that, after employing the plaintiff to effect a sale of the property, the defendant unduly and improperly interfered with his exertions in that behalf, so as to prevent him from effecting a sale. The answer admits the employment of the plaintiff by the defendant to effect a sale of the property described…
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- Musser v. AdlerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
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