Grether v. McCormick
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Pembeook R. Flitcraft, Judge. A real estate broker is entitled to his commissions if be is tbe procuring cause of the negotiations wbicb resulted in tbe sale, even though tbe negotiations are conducted and concluded by the principal in person. Bell v. Kaiser, 50 Mo. 15; Tyler v. Parr, 52 Mo. 249; Timberman v. Craddock, 70 Mo. 638; Gelatt v. Ridge, 117 Mo. 553; Blackwell v. Adams, 28 Mo. App. 61; Jones v. Berry, 37 Mo.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Pembeook R. Flitcraft, Judge. A real estate broker is entitled to his commissions if be is tbe procuring cause of the negotiations wbicb resulted in tbe sale, even though tbe negotiations are conducted and concluded by the principal in person. Bell v. Kaiser, 50 Mo. 15; Tyler v. Parr, 52 Mo. 249; Timberman v. Craddock, 70 Mo. 638; Gelatt v. Ridge, 117 Mo. 553; Blackwell v. Adams, 28 Mo. App. 61; Jones v. Berry, 37 Mo. App. 125; Bass v. Jacobs, 63 Mo-. App. 393. This is true, even though another broker concluded the sale. Wright v. Brown, 68…
1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.
The charging part of the petition is as follows, “to wit, on or about the 5th day of February, 1895, the defendant McCormick employed the said copartnership of John Grether & Co. as his agent to negotiate for the sale or disposition of two certain pieces, parcels or tracts of land which he, defendant, then owned, distant about one mile from Bowling Green in the state of Missouri, and composed of eight hundred and fifty acres, one hundred and twenty acres thereof distant about one quarter of a mile from the main body of said land, with certain improvements thereon, said property consisting of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Mellor v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Garth v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1880
- Tyler v. ParrSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Gelatt v. RidgeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Stinde v. BleschMissouri Court of Appeals · 1890
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- Nichols v. PendleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1960
- McCormick v. ObanionMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
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- Jennings v. OverholtMissouri Court of Appeals · 1915
- Owens v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1936
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