Howard v. Chow

From a judgment in favor of defendants after trial before the court without a jury in an action to recover a sum alleged to be due as a broker’s commission plaintiff appeals.

The essential facts are:

March 15,1937, defendants executed an instrument whereby they offered to exchange certain real property with the Mortgage Guarantee Company. This agreement contained a provision for the payment of a commission to plaintiff which read as follows:

“AND IT IS FURTHER AGREED with said H. A. Howard, that when he has secured an acceptance of the proposition to exchange the above described property on the…