Goldbeck v. Cieslik

Edward J. Goldbeck, a real estate broker doing business as Woodside Realty, brought suit against three defendants, Raymond Cieslik, and James and Gather^ ine .Burns, to recover a commission of $1,175 allegedly earned by him as the proximate and procuring cause of the sale by the Burnses of their two-apartment building at 5854 North Mulligan avenue in Chicago to Raymond Cieslik in July 1952. Trial by jury resulted in a verdict for plaintiff and against “both defendants” for $200. Thereupon the court directed the clerk to enter the verdict as: “We, the Jury, find the issues against the…