Kellogg v. Keeler

This was an action of assumpsit by appellee against appellant, judgment being given for $750 against appellant, from which he appeals. In the summer of 1886 Keeler sold to Kellogg four lots in Chicago for $6,400. The transaction was not closed by deed until late in October of that year. ' Before the delivery of the deed to Kellogg the lots were again sold by Keeler to one Hill for $7,550. The latter sale was made, as Keeler now claims, by authority of Kellogg-In his evidence Keeler says, when he agreed to let Kellogg have the property for §6,400, he told him he would let him have it if he…