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  "name": "Ezekial Edwards, Appellant, v. Elijah Etter, Appellee",
  "name_abbreviation": "Edwards v. Etter",
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
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    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
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    "parties": [
      "Ezekial Edwards, Appellant, v. Elijah Etter, Appellee."
    ],
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        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice Philbrick\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Edward C. Knotts and Walker & Woods, for appellant.",
      "William N. Hairgrove, for appellee; Robert Tilton, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "Ezekial Edwards, Appellant, v. Elijah Etter, Appellee.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the County Court of Morgan county; the Hon. Edward P. Brockhouse, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the October term, 1912.\nReversed.\nOpinion filed October 16, 1913.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Elijah Etter against Ezekial Edwards to recover a commission alleged to be due the plaintiff for services rendered in procuring a purchaser for defendant\u2019s farm. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff for two hundred and seventy dollars, defendant appeals.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Brokers, \u00a7 37 \u2014when broker not the procuring cause In securing a purchaser for a farm. In an action to recover a commission for procuring a purchaser for defendant\u2019s farm, the declaration alleging that the farm was listed with plaintiff to sell at one hundred and twenty dollars per acre, a verdict for plaintiff held to be manifestly contrary to the evidence, the evidence showing that the farm was sold for one hundred and five dollars per acre by the defendant and there being no evidence that plaintiff ever informed defendant that the person malting the purchase was a prospective buyer, or that the farm was sold by defendant at a less price than one hundred and twenty dollars per acre with any intention to deprive plaintiff of a commission.\n2. Brokers, \u00a7 36 \u2014sufficiency of performance by broker to entitle him to a commission. To entitle a broker to a commission he must be the efficient cause in either effecting a sale, or in finding a buyer who is ready, willing and able to buy at the stipulated price, or to whom the owner afterwards sells.\nEdward C. Knotts and Walker & Woods, for appellant.\nWilliam N. Hairgrove, for appellee; Robert Tilton, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, same topic and section number."
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