Reese v. Garth
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Appeal from, the Jackson Circuit Court. — How. Turwer A. Gill, Judge. (1) The plaintiff being employed as the agent of Allison, any contract which he may have afterward made with the defendants to receive pay as their agent is void as against public policy, unless Allison knew of and consented thereto. Mechem on Agency, sec. 972; Pitch on Real-Estate Agency, p. 30 ; De Stieger v. Hoilington, 17 Mo. App. 382; Rice v. Wood, 113 Mass. 133 ; Bollmanv.
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Appeal from, the Jackson Circuit Court. — How. Turwer A. Gill, Judge. (1) The plaintiff being employed as the agent of Allison, any contract which he may have afterward made with the defendants to receive pay as their agent is void as against public policy, unless Allison knew of and consented thereto. Mechem on Agency, sec. 972; Pitch on Real-Estate Agency, p. 30 ; De Stieger v. Hoilington, 17 Mo. App. 382; Rice v. Wood, 113 Mass. 133 ; Bollmanv. Loomis, 41 Conn. §81; Everhart v. Bearle, 71 Penn. St. 256; Lynch v. Fallan, 11 R. I. 311; Raisin v. Olarlc, 41 Md. 158 ; Allen v. Finlc, 75 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
— This was an action brought in the circuit court of Jackson county by the plaintiff against the defendants, to recover the sum. of seven hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents alleged to be due plaintiff for certain services rendered the defendants as real-estate agent under an agreement, whereby the defendants employed plaintiff to procure for them the exchange of certain Kansas City real property for other property, in consideration of a commission of two and one-half per cent, on a certain price, which was named on the real property to be exchanged, etc. The answer was a general…
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