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201 Mich. 643

Garrisi v. Kass

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 3, 1918

Michigan Supreme Court · decided 1918-06-03

Assumpsit in justice’s court by John, Garrisi against Mary Kass for commissions on the sale of real estate. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appealed to the circuit court. Judgment' for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently December 1951

4 state decisions

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Affirmed · Decided 1918-06-03

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Kuhn, J.

¶1(after stating the facts). Counsel for appellant bases his claim for reversal of the verdict of the jury on two grounds:

¶21st. That the plaintiff did not bring a purchaser ready, willing and able to buy, and,

¶32d. That the charge of the court was erroneous and prejudicial.

¶4We are of the opinion that there is no merit in the first contention of the appellant. The party produced by the plaintiff, who was to purchase the property and was willing to enter into the agreement, had at the time $900 cash in his pocket and was the undisputed owner of property worth six to seven thousand dollars. We think that the learned trial judge was clearly correct in saying that under these circumstances the plaintiff had produced a purchaser who was ready, willing and able to buy the property on the terms specified by the principal, and that, having produced such a purchaser, the broker became entitled to the commission whether or not the sale was made. An examination of the record shows also that the defendant, at the time the purchaser was produced, made no claim that the purchaser was unable to buy the property, but placed her refusal on other grounds.

¶5Fault is found with the language of the trial judge, where he said in charging the jury,—

“I think you may rightly find from the testimony the ability to carry out the purchase which he proposed to make,” etc.

¶6Being of the opinion, as we have already stated, that the testimony is conclusive that the purchaser produced was ready, willing and able to buy, there was clearly no error in the trial judge instructing the jury in the way he did.

¶7We affirm the judgment.

Ostrander, C. J., and Bird, Moore, Steere, Brooke, Fellows, and Stone, JJ., concurred.
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