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  "id": 2903388,
  "name": "George H. Schneider and Homer H. Schneider, trading as G. H. Schneider & Company, Defendants in Error, v. Robert Commons, Plaintiff in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "Schneider v. Commons",
  "decision_date": "1914-12-22",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 20,000",
  "first_page": "121",
  "last_page": "122",
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      "cite": "190 Ill. App. 121"
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  "court": {
    "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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  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "George H. Schneider and Homer H. Schneider, trading as G. H. Schneider & Company, Defendants in Error, v. Robert Commons, Plaintiff in Error."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Gridley\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\n2. Brokers, \u00a7 47 \u2014-what authority necessary to sell land. A real estate agent who procures a purchaser ready, willing and able to buy is entitled to commissions when the principal refuses to sell, even though such agent is not authorized in writing to sell and his acts are not ratified in writing.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Gridley"
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    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "N. M. Jones, for plaintiff in error.",
      "Homer H. Schneider and Jones, Kerner & Posvic, for defendants in error; De Witt C. Jones, of counsel."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "George H. Schneider and Homer H. Schneider, trading as G. H. Schneider & Company, Defendants in Error, v. Robert Commons, Plaintiff in Error.\nGen. No. 20,000.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Brokers, \u00a7 90 \u2014when evidence shows right to compensation. In an action by brokers for commissions for procuring a purchaser for real estate, evidence held to show that the plaintiffs were verbally authorized to sell the land, that they found a purchaser ready, willing and able to buy, and that the defendant refused to consummate the sale, wherefore the plaintiffs were entitled to commissions.\nError to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Henry C. Beitler, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1914.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed December 22, 1914.\nStatement of the Case.\nGeorge H. Schneider and Homer H. Schneider, real estate brokers, trading under the firm name of G. H. Schneider & Company, commenced a fourth-class action in the Municipal Court of Chicago against Robert Commons, defendant, to recover one hundred and fifty dollars as commissions for procuring a purchaser for defendant\u2019s premises. The case was tried before a jury, resulting in a verdict for the plaintiffs and assessing their damages at one hundred and fifty dollars, upon which verdict judgment against the defendant was entered, and he brought error.\nN. M. Jones, for plaintiff in error.\nHomer H. Schneider and Jones, Kerner & Posvic, for defendants in error; De Witt C. Jones, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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