Legal Opinion
Olson v. Penkert
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 9, 1958No. 37,239, 37,240PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nelson, Justice.
Action by Walter Olson, a real estate broker, to recover a commission of $2,000 alleged to be due from Dr. R. A. Penkert as owner and principal under an oral agency listing. Plaintiff claims that he rendered services as a broker at the request of defendant in the sale of certain land in Meeker County, Minnesota, between the months of May and October 1955.
Defendant denies that he owes plaintiff a commission. He claims that plaintiff volunteered to find him a buyer for his farm; that he advised plaintiff at the time that he had the farm listed for sale with F. E. Rooney, a real…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Sibbald v. . the Bethlehem Iron CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Wendt v. FischerNew York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Steinbauer v. StoneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Elliott v. KazajianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Wilson v. HayesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
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3Cited by34 opinions
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