Bunn v. Keach

Mr. Justice Cartwright delivered

the opinion of the court:

The appellants, F. L. Bunn and W. A. Kirkpatrick, filed their claim in the county court of Greene county against the estate of Anna C. Keach, deceased, for $16,880, commissions, at $2 per acre, on the sale of 8440 acres of land in said county, in pursuance of the following written contract:

“I agree to pay F. L. Bunn and W. A. Kirkpatrick, of Bloomington, 111., the sum of two ($2) dollars per acre for selling my farm, or will pay same commissions if they furnish or send parties who will purchase the property at a price satisfactory to me.