Friar v. Smith

The plaintiffs are real-estate .brokers. This action is brought to recover a commission claimed to be due from defendant for introducing him to another customer of plaintiffs, with whom defendant made an exchange of property. The plaintiff James Friar, on the trial at the circuit, testified that he told the defendant that he had certain farms in his hands which the owner desired to exchange for city property, and that defendant agreed with him that, if he (Friar) would bring him (defendant) a customer with whom he could make a deal, a *412commission would be paid. The witness also testified that…