Stebbings v. Klein

Defendant wanted to buy a home in March, 1921, and employed Loeffler-Casenhiser, a real estate firm, to obtain such property. This firm had no property listed that would meet defendant’s requirements and Mr. Casenhiser, who had formerly worked for plaintiffs, called upon them to ascertain if they had such property. The plaintiffs had listed for sale property located in the Palmer Woods district of Detroit, which defendant afterwards bought. In his contract of purchase defendant agreed, we quote:

“The undersigned purchaser agrees to pay Loeffler- & Casenhiser three per cent, commission on…