Francis v. St. Louis County Water Co.

BARRETT, Commissioner.

On August 6, 1954, the St. Louis County Water Company sold its office building at 6600 Delmar Boulevard to its then tenant, Sam Iaconetti, for the sum of $175,000; Mr. Iaconetti paid $25,000 on the purchase price and gave the company a note in the sum of $150,000 secured by a deed of trust on the property. The plaintiffs, Francis and Ruth, a real estate firm, claiming to have been the agents in the sale of the property instituted this suit against the company to recover a broker’s commission of $8,750. Upon the trial of the cause a jury returned a verdict in favor of the…