Willes v. Smith
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashlcmd County. Action to recover a commission for finding a purchaser for lands of the defendant. The principal facts are stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ashlcmd County. Action to recover a commission for finding a purchaser for lands of the defendant. The principal facts are stated in the opinion. The contract therein referred to is as follows : “ Ashland, Wis., March 26, 1887. “ Received of E. A. Seymour and E. C. Long, two hundred and no-100 dollars as earnest money on account of purchase of the following described rfeal estate situated in Ashland county, state of Wisconsin, to wit: Lots thirteen and fourteen (13 and 14), in block one hundred and three (103), of Ellis Division of the town of Ashland,…
1Opinion of the Court
Cole, O. J.
In March, 1887, the defendant was the owner of certain lots situated in the city of Ashland. He employed the plaintiff, a real-estate broker, to find a purchaser for the lots for $4,000, payable upon specified terms. The plaintiff procured two gentlemen who proposed to buy the lots jointly, and introduced them to the defendant, who accepted them as purchasers; and they definitely agreed to *84purchase the property upon the terms fixed by the defendant, paid the sum of $200 on account of the purchase price, and received the written contract of sale which appears in evidence. The…
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