Horrigan v. Saeks

Plaintiff, a real estate broker, recovered a verdict for the agreed commission for procuring a purchaser for certain real estate in Duluth owned by defendant. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial having been denied, he appeals.

The short facts are these: Defendant resided in Michigan but owned an apartment building, Nos. 1121 and 1123 London road, on lot 6, block 2, of Banning and Ray’s Division, Duluth. The Bates Company, conducting a real estate and insurance business in Duluth, was collecting the rents and in charge of the property for defendant. In…