Ellsmore v. Gamble

Ellsmore sued Gamble and recovered judgment for compensation for services in a land sale. Gamble had a tract of land for sale which plaintiff had,, from former examination, become well acquainted with, and, as he claims, Gamble agreed, if he found a purchaser, to-give him all he could get over $100,000. A sale was made, through plaintiff’s intervention, for $105,000, to Sibley & Bearinger.

All of the material questions arise out of the submission and instructions to the jury. Two minor questions of evidence relate to a part of the res gestee, and are not worth noticing.

The controversy all…