Funk v. Latta

Irvine, C.

This was an action by Funk against the Lattas to recover $2,500 alleged to be due on a special contract for procuring a purchaser for property alleged to belong to both defendants, the title to which the evidence discloses was in Sarah Latta alone. The answers are general denials, and there was a verdict and judgment for the defendants.

*740The theory of the plaintiff on the trial was that he had been employed by Dr. Latta to procure a purchaser for the properly known as the Latía Block in Lincoln at the price of $90,000, and that Dr. Latta had agreed to pay him $2,500 for such services;…