Crowe v. Trickey

Citations

• 204 U.S. 228
• 27 S. Ct. 275
• 51 L. Ed. 454
• 1907 U.S. LEXIS 1508

Syllabus

<p>The statement of facts which the Supreme Court of a Territory is called on to make is in the nature of a special verdict, and the jurisdiction of this court is limited to the consideration of exceptions and to determining whether the findings of fact support the judgment.</p> <p>The statement of facts should present clearly and precisely the ultimate facts, but an objection that it does not comply with the rule because it is confused and gives unnecessary details will not be sustained if a sufficient statement emerges therefrom.</p> <p>Where the Supreme Court of a Territory proceeds on the bill of exceptions before it as containing all the evidence in the' case below, and the record in this court shows that all the evidence was contained in the bill of exceptions, that is sufficient, even though the bill of exceptions may have failed to state that it contained all the evidence given in the case.</p> <p>A broker is not entitled to commissions unless, he- actually completes the sale by finding a purchaser ready and willing to complete the purchase on the terms agreed on; his authority to sell on commission terminates on the death of his principal and is not a power coupled with an interest; and, in the absence of bad faith, he is not entitled to commissions on a sale made by his principal’s administrator, without any services rendered by him, even though negotiations conducted by him with the purchaser, prior to owner’s death, may have contributed to the accomplishment of the sale. '</p>