Davidson v. Zorger

This was a claim filed in the probate court of DeWitt county, against the estate of one Jacob K. Zorger, where the claim was allowed as of the seventh class, and an appeal was prosecuted to the circuit court of said county, where a hearing resulted in a verdict and judgment in the sum of $1,064.32 against the said estate. From this judgment an appeal was prosecuted to this court by the administrator of the estate.

The claim sought to be recovered upon in this case was for commissions due appellee for procuring a purchaser for the lands of the deceased, under a memoranda contract, as follows:

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