Stauffer v. Linenthal
Indiana Court of Appeals
From LaPorte Circuit Court; J. C. Richter, Judge. Action by Harlan A. Stauffer and others against Isaac B. Linentbal for brokerage commission. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
Suit by appellants to recover brokerage commission. The jury, upon an instruction by the court to that effect, returned a verdict for appellee. Overruling the motion for a. new trial is assigned as error. The complaint avers that appellants contracted with appellee to sell and dispose of a certain stock of goods, for which appellee agreed to pay a certain commission; that appellants sold the goods, and did and performed all the conditions of the contract.
As it appears that the contract of employment was partly through letters and partly oral, it will be treated as a parol contract. Although…
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