Jenkins v. Beachy

The amended petition counted on a contract in writing that was pleaded for a lump commission amounting to three per cent, of the given value of the land. The allegation that the agreed amount for selling the land was the reasonable value of the plaintiff’s services in that behalf was immaterial, and not prejudicial to the defendant. The jury found against Jenkins on the question of a time limit to the contract, which finally disposed of that controversy. The same can be said of the authority of Beachy to sell one of the farms. His authority to sell the 240-acre farm was testified to by…