Thuner v. Kanter

Plaintiff sued to recover a commission on a sale of real estate. The circuit judge directed a verdict for the defendant, and plaintiff brings error, alleging that the circuit judge committed error — First, in excluding testimony of plaintiff as to how much money he had expended in advertising the property; second, in admitting testimony of defendant that he had placed the property in the hands of other brokers; third, in directing a verdict for the defendant.

1. It was not error to exclude testimony as to expenditures made by plaintiff in advertising. Neither the pleadings, nor the plaintiff’s…