Sweeney & Moore, Inc. v. Chapman

Plaintiff corporation sued defendant on his written agreement to pay $687.50 for services in connection with the purchase of residential property in the city of Detroit. Plaintiff’s employee, Paul Schoeffel, arranged for the purchase of this property from Mrs. Mary A. Pfleiger. She had given an exclusive listing’ to Alfred P. Adamo, whose agency agreement expired November 22,1937. Prior to this date Mrs. Pfleiger agreed with Schoeffel to sell the property to defendant. After the transaction was consummated defendant refused to pay plaintiff for its services, claiming that Schoeffel and Adamo…