Meyer v. Hanchett
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Action to recover a commission upon a sale of real estate, wbicb plaintiffs claim to have made as brokers or agents for defendant.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Action to recover a commission upon a sale of real estate, wbicb plaintiffs claim to have made as brokers or agents for defendant. The case was before this court in 39 Wis., 419. In addition to the facts there stated, the complaint alleged that defendant had employed the plaintiffs, Meyer and Ault, to find a purchaser for his farm, in pursuance of which employment plaintiffs placed the farm upon the market, and, after repeated negotiations with different parties, found a purchaser in one Hobart. The answer denied the employment, unless the…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The judgment of nonsuit in this case was fully *249warranted, under the circumstances, by the decision made on the former appeal. 39 Wis., 419. It was there in effect decided, that the plaintiffs could not act as the agents of the seller and purchaser without the knowledge and assent of both principals that they might undertake such mutual agency and receive commissions for their services. The law will not allow a person to assume such a double agency, or hold the inconsistent and repugnant relations which it imposes, certainly not without the full consent of both parties freely given. Oases…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Meyer v. HanchettWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
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