White v. Sellmyer
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action commenced before justice of the peace. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. G. W. Patton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
Appellant owned a coal business in Pontiac which he desired to sell. In June 1901, he placed it in the hands of Brown for sale, and later in the same month in the hands of Buell and then with Biggs in the same month, and in July he placed it with J. M. White, a brother of appellee, and after the 15th of August he placed it with appellee, O. F. White. He gave none of them the. exclusive right to sell. He gave each the same terms, $1,250 cash, of which he should receive $1,200 and $50 should go to the agent who succeeded in making the sale. Shortly thereafter he sold the property to Buell. C.…
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