Keeler v. Stuppe

This was an action of assumpsit, by appellants against appellee, to recover certain commissions claimed by them for the sale of a tract of land belonging to appellee. The cause was submitted to a jury, under instructions from the court, and a verdict was rendered in favor of appellee, upon which, after overruling a motion for a new trial, the court gave judgment.

Appellants claim that appellee employed them to sell his land or procure a purchaser therefor, stating the terms upon which he desired to sell, and agreed to pay them a commission of two and one-half per cent; that shortly after the…