Clendenon v. Pancoast
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia: No. 1, to July Term 1872. This was an action of assumpsit brought to December Term 1868, of the court below, by Joshua Clendenon against Joseph Pancoast, to recover commissions, which the plaintiff alleged he had earned in negotiating the sale of real estate for the defendant.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia: No. 1, to July Term 1872. This was an action of assumpsit brought to December Term 1868, of the court below, by Joshua Clendenon against Joseph Pancoast, to recover commissions, which the plaintiff alleged he had earned in negotiating the sale of real estate for the defendant. The plaintiff informed the plaintiff that he had some property to sell, and requested the plaintiff, who was a real estate broker, to sell it for him; he fixed the price at $13,000; the plaintiff took several persons to see the property, among the rest William Howell, who…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, May 11th 1874, by
Mercur, J.
This suit was brought to recover commissions claimed to have been earned by the plaintiff as a real estate broker. When his evidence closed, the court ordered a nonsuit. Was this error ?
The plaintiff averred that he was authorized to procure and did procure a person to bargain and buy of and from the defendant the land in question, for the price or sum of ¡§17,000.
The evidence shows that the plaintiff had some negotiation with a Mr. Howell in regard to purchasing it, and they had fixed upon a time to go and examine the…
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