Court Opinion

ID: 9854351
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:06:13.348688+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:23:02.297105
License: Public Domain

WOLFE, Chief Justice.
I concur in the result. It should be noted that the plaintiffs, who are the appellants did not offer any evidence as to what the parties meant by the word “offered” as used in the listing, agreement and that the plaintiffs do not claim that it was the function of the jury and not the court to determine what the parties meant by the word “offered.” The court instructed the jury as to the meaning of the word “offered” and no exception having been taken to that instruction by the plaintiffs, the definition given by the court is the “law of the case”. Thus it is immaterial what meaning we think should be ascribed to the word or whether the trial court’s definition was correct.
We have before us for decision, therefore, only the narrow question whether the evidence compels a finding that the plaintiffs through their agent, Eckersley, “offered” the property to Hurst during the listing period, as that word is defined in the instructions. I conclude that the evidence does not compel that finding.