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  "id": 2905274,
  "name": "J. F. O'Brien, Appellee, v. Isabella Curran, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "O'Brien v. Curran",
  "decision_date": "1914-11-19",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 19,855",
  "first_page": "542",
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      "cite": "189 Ill. App. 542"
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "parties": [
      "J. F. O\u2019Brien, Appellee, v. Isabella Curran, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
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        "text": "Mr. Justice Scanlan\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Edward Maher, for appellant.",
      "Frank & Lurie, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "J. F. O\u2019Brien, Appellee, v. Isabella Curran, Appellant.\nGen. No. 19,855.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\nBrokers, \u00a7 88 \u2014when verdict mil not he set aside. Where a real estate broker made a prima facie showing that a married woman authorized her husband to employ such broker as her agent in procuring a purchaser for a leasehold, and two juries decided the question of the husband\u2019s authority in favor of the broker, the finding of the second jury being indorsed by the trial judge, such finding held not to be against the weight of the evidence.\nAppeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Rufus F. Robinson, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1913.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed November 19, 1914.\nStatement of the Case.\nSuit of the first class in the Municipal Court of Chicago by J. F. O\u2019Brien against Isabella Curran for services rendered as a real estate broker in procuring a customer for a ninety-nine year leasehold. The case was tried before -a court and jury and a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for fifteen hundred dollars.\nA new trial was granted and resulted in a verdict for the same amount. Judgment was entered on the verdict and the defendant appealed.\nEdward Maher, for appellant.\nFrank & Lurie, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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