Hamlin v. Schulte
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought in the district court for Hennepin county, to recover commissions claimed to have been earned by finding a purchaser for certain real estate owned by defendant. The case was tried before Young, J., and a jury, and plaintiffs had a verdict. Defendant appeals from an order refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
Defendant, owning a building in which he and his wife resided, and a lease of the ground upon which the same was situate, employed plaintiffs, by written memoranda, to procure for him a purchaser thereof for the price of $25,000, as follows: $5,000 cash; $5,000 on or before 5 years; and $15,000 on or before 10 years, with semi-annual interest at 7 per cent, per annum on the deferred payments. No other terms, conditions, or particulars of sale were specified in the memoranda. Plaintiffs, alleging that they procured a purchaser on the terms above mentioned, bring this action to recover their…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sibbald v. . the Bethlehem Iron CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Wylie v. . Marine National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
3Cited by4 opinions
- Hamlin v. SchulteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Parker v. EstabrookSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1895
- Bergh v. StanekSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- Peterson v. ChurchHawaii Supreme Court · 1905