Codd v. Seitz

This action was brought by the plaintiffs against two defendants, who are husband and wife, to recover for certain commissions claimed to have been earned by them in negotiating the sale of certain real estate owned by the defendant Mary 0. Seitz. Upon the trial, after the introduction of the proof, the court held that, there was no evidence of a joint promise, and permitted the plaintiffs, against objection, to discontinue the suit as against the' defendant John H. Seitz, and an amendment of the pleadings in that respect; whereupon the case was submitted to the jury, who found a verdict for…