Hyman v. Burmeister
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar E. Heard, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1918.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Thomson
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment ag’ainst them for costs, based on a directed verdict.
The substance of the declaration filed by the plaintiffs is to the effect that relying on the integrity of the defendant, Burmeister, and intending to enable him to earn a real estate commisssion, they requested him to purchase certain premises for them at the best price obtainable; that Burmeister violated the confidence they put in him and that he falsely represented that if they made a deposit with him on the property, he…
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