Gamble v. Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co.

RICHARDS, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought to recover the sum of $8,264.05, being a commission of 5 per cent, on $165,282.07, the purchase price paid' by the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company to the Manistique Lumber Company for a tract of timber land in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. At the conclusion of the testimony, upon motion, the court directed a verdict for the defendant. This action is assigned as error. In order to determine whether the court was right in thus withdrawing the case from the jury, it will be necessary to go into the facts. The court necessarily held that, upon the…