98 Iowa 316 | Iowa | 1896
I. The plaintiff introduced evidence tending to show that there was an oral contract made between the parties, as alleged in the petition, and that he had performed his undertaking by procuring a contract exchanging the defendant’s property for land in the state of Tennessee. At the close of the introduction of the evidence on the part of the plaintiff, the defendant made a motion to the court to direct a verdict for the defendant on the following-grounds: (1) There is no evidence of an express contract to pay the commissions, as alleged in plaintiff’s
II. The only question proper to be considered is, whether the court erred in overruling the motion to direct a verdict for the defendant. We will not review the testimony of the witnesses. It is enough to say that the evidence fully warranted the jury in finding that the parties entered into the contract, as alleged in the petition, and that the plaintiff complied with the same by procuring a person with whom a contract of exchange of property was made, and that the person so procured was able and willing to carry out the provisions of said contract. The court instructed the jury, in substance, that, under such a state of facts, there should be a verdict for the plaintiff. In Cassady