Peek v. Slifer
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action of assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ogle County; the Hon. Oscar E. Heard, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1905.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Vickers
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellants were the owners of 2S0 acres of land near Oregon, Illinois, and they employed appellee to sell it for them, agreeing to give appellee $1 per acre if he found a purchaser for the land at $30 per acre. Appellee took Mr. Broderick to see the land and later introduced him to appellants; Broderick did not purchase the land, but after-wards, in company with a Mr. Stabler, called on appellants and arranged an agency contract by which Broderick and Stabler were to have the agency to sell the land for appellants for fifteen…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Latshaw v. MooreSupreme Court of Kansas · 1894
- State, Ex Rel. Reams v. McNaryOhio Court of Appeals · 1936
3Cited by1 opinion
- Murawska v. BoegerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1920