Hentges v. Schuttler

Dell, Chief Justice.

This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to collect a real estate commission claimed to be due him under an exclusive sales contract. There was a verdict for defendant but the district court granted plaintiff’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. From the judgment so entered defendant appeals.

Plaintiff, Leo Hentges, has been engaged in the real estate business in Canby since 1948. Defendant, Ernest Schuttler, is a farmer living on his farm located three miles from Canby. He also owned a 160-acre farm in South Dakota. The parties had various business…