Nock v. Guthrie
Nock v. Guthrie
Opinion of the Court
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In this case, the plaintiff, a real estate broker, sought to recover compensation for effecting the sale of certain real estate. He alleged that the amount of his compensation was fixed at $3,000 by an oral agreement made prior to the contract of sale of the property, which he negotiated. The defendant denied making an oral agreement for compensation, and contended that the agreement for compensation was conditioned upon the title being passed, and the settlemént actually made. The testimony at the trial was contradictory, but evidence was offered tending to show that the sale failed of consummation by reason of the defendant’s fault. The disputed questions of fact were submitted to the jury, and the verdict was for the plaintiff. Counsel for appellant complains in his eighth and ninth assignments of error
The judgment is affirmed.
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- Contracts — Commissions for sale of realty — Evidence—Charge of court — Practice Supreme Court — Exceptions—Question involved. 1. A real estate broker wbo undertakes to procure a buyer for certain real estate at a fixed compensation earns his commissions if he brings the buyer and seller together, and procures the execution of a contract of purchase and sale, and such right cannot be defeated by the failure of the seller to consummate the transaction through his own fault. 2. Where counsel took no exception to the charge of the court and did not include in his statement of questions involved the points raised by him in connection'therewith, assignments to the charge will not be considered. 3. Where in an action to recover commissions for sale of real estate plaintiff produced testimony showing that he made an oral contract with defendant that he was to be paid a compensation of three thousand dollars for effecting the sale of certain real estate, and that the sale failed through the voluntary act of the defendant in refusing, to consummate it, the case was for the jury and a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff will be sustained, notwithstanding defendant’s denial that the contract was made as contended.