McGovern v. Bennett
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair; Law, J. Assumpsit by Thomas McGovern against Albert D. Bennett for commissions on the sale of land. There was judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, C. J.
Plaintiff brings this suit to recover commissions for the sale of certain lands situated in Chippewa county in this State. The case was tried in the lower court before a jury, and a verdict directed in defendant’s favor. The question for us to determine is whether or not that direction was correct. The- material facts are as follows (we state those facts,, as we should, most favorably to plaintiff) :
Henry Howard- died testate May 25, 1894, owning the *560lands in question. Howard’s will, which was duly probated, made defendant one of his executors and a joint trustee of certain of his property.…
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