Burke v. Lockhart
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota; Wilbur E. Booth, Judge. Action by Andrew J. Eockhart and another, doing business as the Eockhart Eand & Eoan Company against M. B. Burke. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SYMES, District Judge.
The plaintiff below, .defendants in error here, copartners, doing business as the Lockhart Land & Loan Company, brought this action against M. B. Burke, defendant below, plaintiff in error here, to recover a commission alleged to have been earned as agents in producing a purchaser for certain farm land owned by the defendant Burke. It is undisputed that by letter dated April 23, 1919, the defendant listed his farm with the plaintiffs for sale at the price of $115 per acre net to him, on -terms calling for a cash payment down, and three deferred-payments of varying…
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- Wright v. WaiteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Ferguson v. WillardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1912
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