Huffman v. Newman
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of York county. Tried below before Wheeler, J. The agent is liable to plaintiff below in an action for money had and received. (Smith v. Binder, 75 Ill. 492.)
1Opinion of the CourtNorval, J.
Lizzie P. Ryan and R. R. Ryan, Of Salem, Oregon, owned a'quarter section of land in York county, Nebraska. Jasper Huffman, their agent at York, sold the premises for the owners to one R. C. Newman on February 15, 1893, for the stipulated sum of |4,100 — $1,800 cash, and the purchaser to assume a mortgage of $2,300 against the property. One hundred dollars of the cash payment was paid down by Newman to Huffman. The latter on the same day reported the sale to the Ryans and advised them that he had received the $100, and applied, the same on commissions. A deed was inclosed in the same letter…
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