Legal Opinion

Gauthier v. West

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided January 5, 1891PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Ramsey county, Otis, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict of $971.09 for plaintiffs.

1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.

This was an action to recover the amount of certain commissions upon the sale of real estate, and plaintiffs had a verdict. In the complaint three distinct causes of action were set.forth. As to the first, the plaintiffs claimed that they were to have as commissions such sum as they might be able to sell the premises for, over and above a sum fixed by the defendant as net to him. In answer to this, the defendant admitted the employment of the plaintiffs, and that they sold the lots, but he alleged that the commission agreed upon for plaintiffs’ services was the sum of $100, no part of which…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hamlin v. SchulteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
  2. Peet v. SherwoodSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Best v. KelleyWashington Supreme Court · 1945
  2. Gibson v. GrayCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1897
  3. Dean v. WilliamsWashington Supreme Court · 1910
  4. W. T. Craft Realty Co. v. LivernashColorado Court of Appeals · 1914
  5. Bell v. StedmanNebraska Supreme Court · 1911

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