Torpey v. Murray
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants from an order of the municipal court of Minneapolis, Holt, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a trial and verdict in favor of plaintiff for $167.50.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
Action in the municipal court of the city of Minneapolis to recover a balance of $160 claimed to be due the plaintiff from the defendants for finding a purchaser of certain lands from them. The allegations of the complaint are to the effect that the parties hereto entered into a contract whereby the defendants agreed to pay the plaintiff one dollar an acre if he would find a purchaser of any part of the lands they had for sale; that pursuant thereto he found a purchaser (Oliver Cochran) for three hundred twenty acres of the land, and introduced him to the defendants; that he purchased from…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bollman v. LoomisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1874
- Globe Milling Co. v. Minneapolis Elevator Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Paine v. SmithSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- Healey v. MannheimerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
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- Geo. Benz & Sons v. HassieSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
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