Gottschalk v. Smith

Mr. Presiding Justice Shepard

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a suit to recover one-half of the profit realized by the appellant in negotiating the sale of 147 acres of land in Cook county.

The profit made was $30 per acre, or $4,410, and the court below, to whom the cause was submitted without a jury, gave judgment in favor of appellee for one-half of that amount, and from that judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

It would serve no useful purpose to review and analyze the conflicting evidence of the parties to the suit as to what their agreement was.

The appellant, who was defendant…