Dimmock v. Ploeger

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

Plaintiff brought this action for a commission of $300 for alleged services in procuring a renewal of a $20,000 mortgage loan on defendant’s farm in Brown county.

Defendant obtained the loan elsewhere and resisted payment of plaintiff’s demand on the ground that he had not agreed to pay it.

*462To maintain his action plaintiff relied, in part, on the' contents of a written application for a loan signed by defendant. This instrument was entitled “Farm loan application,” and recited that the Dimmock Mortgage Company, of Hiawatha, was appointed agent…