Levitt v. Miller
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jacob Klein, Judge. (1) The contract is void for uncertainty. 3 Am. & Eng.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jacob Klein, Judge. (1) The contract is void for uncertainty. 3 Am. & Eng. Encyclopedia of Law, pages 842, 843, 844 and 845, and notes; Anson on Contracts, page 22, star page 19; Lawson on Contracts, secs. 10 and 409; Adams v. Adams, 26 Ala. 272; Frwin v. Frwin, 25 Ala. 240; Fairplay School Township v. O’Neal, 26 N. E. Rep. 686; Taylor v. Brewer, 1M.&S. 290; Roberts v. Smith, 4H. & M. 315; Gutking v. Lynn, 2 B. & Ad. 232. (2) The evidence showing defendant’s previous knowledge of, and negotiation for, this property should have .been…
1Opinion of the CourtRombauer, P. J.
Plaintiff in the statement of his cause of action filed before a justice states, in substance, that the defendant employed him to point out and locate and find a piece of real estate, which might be bought by the defendant as an investment and at a bargain, promising to pay plaintiff a reasonable commission for his services in locating and pointing out the property; that the plaintiff did point out to the defendant a certain piece of property, which the defendant bought ‘for $24,000, which purchase was a bargain; that, by reason thereof, the defendant became indebted to plaintiff in the sum…
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