Dent v. Powell
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal fromWoodbury District Court. — Hon. Gteoeg-e W. Wakefield, Judge. Action to recover' for money received by defendants as plaintiff’s agent. There was a judgment upon a verdict for defendants. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
— I. The defendants allege in their answer that they entered into a contract with plaintiff wherein they undertook to “find a purchaser” for certain land at a specified price, for which they were to receive as compensation $1,133.33; that they found a purchaser for the land, and made a sale thereof, receiving from the purchaser five hundred dollars as part payment, which is the money for which plaintiff seeks to recover in this suit. In another count of the answer, defendants plead a counter-claim to recover $683.33, balance due them upon the contract for the sale of the land. There was…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Dent v. PowellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895