Wright Land & Investment Co. v. Even
Montana Supreme Court
Appeals from District Court of Fergus County; Boy E. Ayersf Judge. Action by tbe Wright Land & Investment Company against Peter Even and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal from it and an order overruling their motion for a new trial.
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Appeals from District Court of Fergus County; Boy E. Ayersf Judge. Action by tbe Wright Land & Investment Company against Peter Even and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal from it and an order overruling their motion for a new trial. The law upon the question presented is as stated in Munroe v. Taylor, 191 Mass. 483, 78 N. E. 106. This was a case in which the plaintiff, upon making a sale, was to receive as his compensation all he could obtain beyond a certain sum; a contract to purchase was entered into in writing and the court says: “What the plaintiff really undertook…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooper
This is an action to recover a commission for the sale of lands. The following contract (Exhibit “A”), partly written and partly printed, was prepared by the manager of the land department of the plaintiff and by the defendant J. C. Miller, acting as trustee for his codefendants, signed and delivered to plaintiff:
[1] “No.- May 9, 1914.
“I hereby appoint Wright Land & Investment Company of Lewistown, Montana,-, agent to sell the following real estate in Fergus county, Montana, to-wit: N. %, Sect. 14, South % and NW. *4, Sect. 11, Twp. 16, Eange 15, including crop now on place except % of crop on…
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