Keener v. Harrod
Court of Appeals of Maryland
This, is an appeal from Baltimore county court. The suit was instituted by the appellees, to recover from the appellant a sum of money, claimed as the amount of compensation due them for their agency in effecting a sale of some property, known- as Eastern Fountain, in the city of Baltimore; the same being the amount which defendant agreed to pay them. The declaration contained various counts, but concerning the suitableness of some of them to the case, no question was made.
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This, is an appeal from Baltimore county court. The suit was instituted by the appellees, to recover from the appellant a sum of money, claimed as the amount of compensation due them for their agency in effecting a sale of some property, known- as Eastern Fountain, in the city of Baltimore; the same being the amount which defendant agreed to pay them. The declaration contained various counts, but concerning the suitableness of some of them to the case, no question was made. The facts, as proved in. the case; were, that the appellant was. the general agent for some persons residing in…
1Opinion of the Court
Tuck, J,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was instituted by the appellees, to recover compensation for services rendered in procuring a purchaser of a certain lot in the city of Baltimore, which the appellant was authorised to sell on commission, as agent for the owners in Philadelphia. It appears, that after the property had been a long time in market, the appellees offered to furnish a purchaser to the appellant, if he would pay them a bonus of $500; and that after several interviews on the subject, the appellant agreed with the agent of the appellees, “that he would pay *70them…
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