Stone v. Kreis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Jacob H. Hopkins, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McGoorty
Defendants in error (plaintiffs below) sued plaintiff in error (defendant below) for the recovery of an alleged commission, resulting in a verdict and judgment for $375 in favor of plaintiffs. Plaintiffs’ suit is upon a contract of employment as real estate brokers.
It is contended that defendant is not liable to plaintiffs because he acted solely as agent for his wife, who had record title to the property in question, and that plaintiffs had notice of that fact, because they sold for Mrs. Kreis (prior to the sale in question) about six feet of the said property, and another piece adjoining…
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