Ward v. Lawrence

This was an action brought by Lawrence, Hartman & Quinn, real estate agents and brokers, against Ward, Ray and Faulkner, to recover for commissions for making sale of certain real estate in Cook county. The plaintiffs below recovered a verdict and judgment against all the defendants, for §641, and the defendants appealed to this court.

The evidence shows that, at an interview and negotiation had at the office of Hartman & Quinn, in Chicago, on the 27th day of August, 1872, at which the plaintiffs below, Faulkner, and one Price, were present, a contract in writing was made, purporting as…