Schcroeder v. Land Realty Co.
Schcroeder v. Land Realty Co.
Opinion of the Court
This action was commenced in the Summit common pleas by Arthur Land and E. O. Gas-kill, d. b. a. the Land Realty Co. Edward Schroeder was the other party. It was claiméd by the Land Realty Co, that Schroeder had listed with it property which, if sold for a certain amount, ($36,000) would guarantee it $1,000 commission. The . company sold, the property and tendered $500 down payment to Schroeder asking that a deed be executed' to the prospective purchaser. This Schroeder refused' to do, because he claimed his sister owned ,an undivided half in the property and she.,would not-, sign; and did not care to .sell. Schroeder also claimed that he contracted with
1. The Land Realty Co did all it was required to do and it was not the fault of the company nor the prospective buyers, but the fault of Schroeder that the sale was not consummated.
2. The broker is entitled to recover his commission when a bona fide offer from a prospective purchaser is received and the sale is prevented entirely by the owner. 82 OS. 1 at pp. 12-13.
3. Since nb interest was prayed for in the petition the court erred in instructing the jury to add interest to the amount claimed in the petition.
Judgment will be reversed unless company desires to remit $300 from judgment so that it will be in conformity with petition. If re-mittitur is entered judgment will b^e affirmed.
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