Hanna v. Collins

The amount involved in the action being less than §100, the circuit judge signed the following certificate, on which the cause came into this court: “The defendant was the owner of a widow’s share in real estate, which was not set off to her, and she employed plaintiffs, who are real-estate agents, to procure a purchaser of her interest in the land; and plaintiffs, pursuant to such employment, procured and caused one Lewis Akin to enter into negotiations with defendant for the purchase of her said interest; and, after the commencement of said negotiations, more than sixty days elapsed without…