Isphording v. Wolfe
Decision Date | 11 October 1905 |
Docket Number | 5,450 |
Citation | 75 N.E. 598,36 Ind.App. 250 |
Parties | ISPHORDING v. WOLFE |
Court | Indiana Appellate Court |
From Marion Circuit Court (11,717); Henry Clay Allen, Judge.
Action by George Wolfe against Anna M. Isphording. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Barrett & Barrett, Powell & Smiley and Fred Bertram, for appellant.
Edenharter & Mull, for appellee.
Action by appellee. Demurrer to complaint, for want of facts overruled. Answer in three paragraphs, demurrers to each of which were sustained, and general denial filed.
The issue thus made was tried without a jury, and the general finding made for appellee, upon which judgment was rendered. No evidence was introduced upon the trial by appellant. The determination of the appeal depends upon a single proposition, which is variously presented, i. e., whether a written contract to pay commission is shown conforming to the provisions of the act of March 5, 1901 (Acts 1901, p. 104, § 6629a Burns 1901). Appellant, a married woman, residing in Cincinnati, was the owner of certain Indianapolis real estate, which she desired to sell. Appellee, a real estate broker of Indianapolis, had endeavored to procure a purchaser for it. In this he was, after some time, successful, and submitted a proposition of purchase. If a written contract for the payment of commission exists, it is found in certain letters which passed between the parties in this action. On February 11, 1902, appellant wrote a letter as follows: On February 18 appellee procured a written proposition from his customer, and notified appellant thereof, concluding his letter as follows:
On February 21 appellant wrote as follows:
On February 25 she wrote the following letter: ...
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