Quitzow

Quitzow v. Perrin

Good Law
120 Cal. 255·1898 Cal. LEXIS 746·52 P. 632
Supreme Court of CaliforniaMarch 10, 1898S. F. No. 703California1,746 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Chipman, J.

Action for $2,700 alleged to he due plaintiff from defendants as commissions for the sale and exchange of certain lands belonging to defendants, and also for $163 incurred by plaintiff as expenses in preparing abstract and obtaining data regarding certain hotel property in the city of Chicago, at defendants’ request. The complaint and answer are verified. A demurrer to the complaint was overruled.

The cause was tried by a jury. Judgment of nonsuit was entered as to defendant E. B. Perrin, and verdict given for plaintiff against the defendant Robert Perrin for the sum* of $357.40, upon which judgment was entered; "with said plaintiff’s costs and disbursements incurred .... retaxed by court at $197.37.” The appeal is from the judgment and from an order denying motion for new trial, and is here on a statement of the case.

The complaint alleges that defendant E. B. Perrin was engaged in the business of buying, selling, and exchanging lands in the county of Fresno; that defendant Robert Perrin was the agent and partner of said E. B. Perrin, and as such agent and for himself executed to plaintiff in writing the following agreement:

That after the delivery of said contract to…

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