Blackledge v. Davis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Davis District Court.— Hon. O. W. Vermillion, Judge. Action to recover commissions alleged to have been earned by plaintiffs under an agreement to make or procure a sale of land owned by the defendant. A jury having been waived, the case was tried to the court. There was judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.—
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The agreement declared upon is in writing, and by its terms defendant promised that, in the event plaintiff firm “ sells or causes to be sold the farms now listed.by me, one thousand four hundred acres, I will then pay them the sum of $2,000 for selling same at the price agreed upon, which is $75,000, or any other price below that consented to hy me.” It is the claim of plaintiffs that they brought defendant into communication with a customer with whom a verbal agreement was reached by which the defendant undertook to convey to said customer the farm lands mentioned in the commission…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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