Legal Opinion

Reed v. Young

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided January 8, 1909No. Gen. No. 14,273PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Assumpsit. Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Freeman K. Blake, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker

In an action in the Municipal Court, defendants in error recovered a judgment for $675 against plaintiff in error for their commissions as his brokers for bringing about a sale of his apartment building in Chicago to Margaret Dahlmann for $27,000.

The principal ground urged for the reversal of the judgment' is, that the evidence fails to show that the plaintiffs’ services or efforts were the procuring cause of the sale of defendant’s building to Mrs. Dahlmann. From the evidence the jury might, in our opinion, properly find that the facts and circumstances attending the sale of defendant’s…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hafner v. HerronIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
  2. French v. McKayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Wheelan v. HuntSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  2. Hendricks v. RichardsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1924
  3. Ogren v. SundellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1921
  4. Doggett v. RuppertAppellate Court of Illinois · 1913

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