H. W. White Investment Co. v. Kelso
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the municipal court of Minneapolis to recover $275 as broker’s commission for selling real estate. 'The answer alleged that, before any satisfactory terms had been offered to defendant on behalf of any purchaser by the plaintiff, defendant canceled the agreement by notice that the property had been taken off sale and would not be sold on any terms. The case was tried before Eeed,
1Opinion of the CourtDibell, J.
Action by a real estate broker to recover commission. The court directed a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals from the order denying his motion for a new trial.
The defendant listed with the plaintiff, a real estate broker, a piece of property in Minneapolis for sale for cash for $6,000. The. plaintiff procured a purchaser who offered to assume a mortgage of $2,700, and *170pay the balance of $3,300 in cash. The defendant declined the offer. The terms offered by the purchaser were not those upon which the defendant authorized his broker to sell. It may be material to the seller that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bergh v. StanekSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921