Martin v. Wilson
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the'District Court of the Fourth Judicial District for Twin Falls County. Hon. C. O. Stoekslager, Judge. Action to recover for services as a broker. Judgment for plaintiff.
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APPEAL from the'District Court of the Fourth Judicial District for Twin Falls County. Hon. C. O. Stoekslager, Judge. Action to recover for services as a broker. Judgment for plaintiff. The relation of principal and agent necessarily involved in this case depends upon, first, what, if anything, defendant employed plaintiff to do; second, whether or not such employment was carried out. {Williams v. McGrwiv, 52 Mich. 480, 18 N. W. 227; Castner v. Richardson, 18 Colo. 496, 33 Pac. 163; Eafp v. Cummins, 54 Pa. 394, 93 Am. Dec. 718; Samuels v. Luckenbach, 205 Pa. 428, 54 Atl. 1091.) “To entitle a…
1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.
This is an action by a broker against his principal for commission for selling real estate. The complaint alleges that the defendant represented to the plaintiff that she was the owner of certain real property, and that on the 4th of August, 1911, the defendant, through and by her husband, A. G. Wilson, acting as her agent, authorized and empowered the plaintiff to find a purchaser for the said land above described, and at said time named a certain price and terms for the sale thereof, and at said time agreed to pay the plaintiff, in case he found a purchaser, the customary and usual…
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- Geier v. HowellsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1910
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