Johnson v. Peterson

This is a suit in assumpsit brought by a real estate agent, to recover commission for procuring a purchaser for an eighty acre farm owned by defendant. The declaration contains only the common counts. The defendant filed the general issue. Upon trial, a jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant, on which judgment was rendered. The plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in permitting questions to be asked a witness as to certain admissions and statements made by plaintiff, which were contradictory to the evidence given by plaintiff, without first requiring the…