Owens v. Baker

Bert M. Owens, as the assignee of Boyd C. Lantz, a licensed real estate broker, sought in the trial court to recover commission from C. V. Baker and Gertrude Baker, for the exchange of real estate upon a contract in writing between the contracting parties. The Bakers, husband and wife, were one of the contracting parties. The cause was tried without the intervention of a jury, and resulted in a judgment of dismissal, from which error is now prosecuted.

The petition in substance avers that Lantz was a duly licensed real estate broker, and that the plaintiff Owens is his assignee. It recites…