
    J. F. O’Brien, Appellee, v. Isabella Curran, Appellant.
    Gen. No. 19,855.
    (Not to be reported in full.)
    Abstract of the Decision.
    Brokers, § 88
      
      —when 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’s 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.
    Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Rufus F. Robinson, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1913.
    Affirmed.
    Opinion filed November 19, 1914.
    Statement of the Case.
    Suit of the first class in the Municipal Court of Chicago by J. F. O’Brien 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.
    A new trial was granted and resulted in a verdict for the same amount. Judgment was entered on the verdict and the defendant appealed.
    Edward Maher, for appellant.
    Frank & Lurie, for appellee.
    
      
      See Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.
    
   Mr. Justice Scanlan

delivered the opinion of the court.  