Dahlgren v. Olson

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the district court denying plaintiff’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial. The action involves a rather simple dispute as to whether plaintiff is entitled to recover a real estate broker’s commission from defendant.

Plaintiff has resided for many years at Alvarado, Minnesota, where he has been engaged in selling insurance and occasionally some land and doing work for farmers in connection with income tax matters. According to his testimony, he talked to defendant, a farmer living about eight miles north of…