Lewis v. Popejoy
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Wells Circuit Court; William II. Eichhorn, Judge. Action by Harry E. Popejoy and others against. Sam Lewis and another. From a judgment for plaintiffs, the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMcMahan, J.
Appellants owned a farm of eighty acres, which they desired to exchange for a smaller one. They engaged appellees, who were real estate brokers, to find an owner of a small farm who would exchange farms with appellants. The only question for our determination is: Must contracts of this character to be in writing in order to bind the owner of the *591real estate for the payment of a commission? If so, this canse mnst be reversed; otherwise affirmed.
It was held in Elmore v. Brinneman (1919), ante 222, 123 N. E. 248, that §7463 Burns 1914, Acts 1913 p. 638, applied to a contract of this character,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Elmore v. BrinnemanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1919