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180 Mich. 534

Evans v. Russell

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 1, 1914

Michigan Supreme Court · decided 1914-06-01

<p>Brokers — Evidence—Commissions.</p> <p>Evidence tending to show that plaintiff brokers undertook to sell real property of the defendant for a price agreed upon, that they found a purchaser ready and willing to pay the price asked, that defendant declined to make the conveyance because his wife would not sign the deed, defendant disputing the claim of plaintiffs as to the contract, held, to present an issue of fact which was properly submitted to a jury.</p>

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Affirmed · Decided 1914-06-01

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Ostrander, J.

¶1The issue in this cause is simple. The testimony on the part of plaintiffs, who are partners, tended to prove that they undertook for the defendant to sell his real estate for $14,000 for which they were to be paid a commission of $400; that they produced a purchaser able and willing to pay the price; that the defendant then refused to sell, giving as a reason that his wife would not join him in conveying the property. On the part of defendant the testimony tended to prove that he made no such bargain with plaintiffs; that his property was only for sale upon a contingency, which did not occur. Specific denials of the material testimony of plaintiffs were *535given. There was testimony which, if believed, warranted a verdict for plaintiffs. The cause was submitted to a jury with instructions, which, although criticised, seem to us to correctly state applicable rules of law. A motion for a new trial was denied. We have examined the assignments of error, 47' in number, have read the record with care, and are of opinion that none of the errors are well assigned.

¶2The judgment is affirmed.

McAlvay, C. J., and Brooke, Kuhn, Stone, Bird, Moore, and Steere, JJ., concurred.
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