{
  "id": 2912684,
  "name": "Jacob Goodman, Appellee, v. Abe Smith and Isadore Merelevitch, Appellants",
  "name_abbreviation": "Goodman v. Smith",
  "decision_date": "1918-03-05",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,669",
  "first_page": "526",
  "last_page": "527",
  "citations": [
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      "type": "official",
      "cite": "209 Ill. App. 526"
    }
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
  },
  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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  "last_updated": "2023-07-14T15:09:41.322311+00:00",
  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
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  "casebody": {
    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Jacob Goodman, Appellee, v. Abe Smith and Isadore Merelevitch, Appellants."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Dever\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\n2. Brokers\u2014what constitutes release of vendor from, liability for commissions. Where one who has been negotiating the sale of property for the vendor executes an instrument, after a contract for the sale of the property has been entered into and he has received a sum of money from the purchaser\u2019s agent, which recites that he thereby releases his \u201cright from commission on\u201d the property in question, such instrument constitutes a release of his claim against the vendor for commissions.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Justice Dever"
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Hyman Soboroff, for appellants.",
      "Vincent G. Gallagher and Ernest Messner, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Jacob Goodman, Appellee, v. Abe Smith and Isadore Merelevitch, Appellants.\nGen. No. 23,669. (Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1, Brokers, \u00a7 88^to7z-e?i shown that broker accepted payment for services from agent of purchaser. In an action to recover from the vendor a commission on the sale of real estate, evidence held to show that plaintiff had accepted from the purchaser\u2019s agent a sum of money in payment of his services in connection with the sale.\nAppeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John R. Newcomer, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the October term, 1917.\nReversed with finding of facts.\nOpinion filed March 5, 1918.\nRehearing denied March 18, 1918.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by Jacob Goodman, plaintiff, against Abe Smith and Isadore Herelevitch, defendants, to recover commission claimed to be due for negotiating the sale of real estate. From a judgment for plaintiff for $1,665, defendants appeal.\nHyman Soboroff, for appellants.\nVincent G. Gallagher and Ernest Messner, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols, XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
  },
  "file_name": "0526-01",
  "first_page_order": 554,
  "last_page_order": 555
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