Gottschalk v. Smith

Appellant and appellee agreed, each with the other, to obtain from one Hasberg, who owned one hundred and forty-seven acres of land in Cook county, a price for which he would sell the land, and that they would exert themselves, jointly and separately, to sell at an enhanced price and divide the difference or profit between them. Appellant, being better acquainted with Hasberg, undertook, at his own suggestion, to obtain Hasberg’s price and the desired option. Appellee took certain parties out to look at the land, and wrote appellant, enclosing certain clippings from newspapers, suggesting…