Theodore Wetmore & Co. v. Thurman
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action, in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $5,000. The case was tried before Steele, J., and a jury wbicb returned a verdict in favor of defendants. From an order denying plaintiff’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
Plaintiff is engaged in the business of selling real estate as agent for others, and claims to have effected a sale of the Holmes hotel property in Minneapolis, then owned by defendants Joseph E. Thwing and Joseph T. Thurman, for the sum of $135,000, under an agreement made with Thurman and authorized and ratified by Thwing, whereby they gave plaintiff the exclusive right to sell the property, and promised to pay plaintiff for its services, “all that •said property should be sold for over and above the sum of $130,000.” In its complaint, plaintiff alleges both an express contract to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Wagner v. NagelSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- Redding v. GodwinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Madson v. MadsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Lockhart v. . HamlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Drake v. BartonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1872
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