Colton v. O'Brien

TYLER, J., pro tem.

Action to recover a real estate broker’s commission alleged to have been earned on an exchange of certain parcels of real property.

The complaint alleges that appellant employed respondent, a real estate broker, to exchange for her certain property, and executed and delivered to him a written agreement whereby she offered to exchange her equity, valued at $125,000, in real property owned by her in Portland, Oregon, for other property of a like value. The agreement among.other things provided that the broker had the auíhpí.ity"tb act as agent for all parties and accept…