Van Vlissengen v. Cox

Appellants are duly licensed real estate agents, and loan brokers doing business in Chicago. On September 30, 1889, appellee made a written application to them to procure a loan of $6,250 for him on certain real estate security, and in pursuance of such application appellants undertook to procure the loan. It is claimed by appellants that subsequent to the making of the written application it was agreed between themselves and appellee that the amount of the loan to be negotiated should be $6,000 instead of $6,250, and that they within a reasonable time thereafter procured a party who was…