Harger v. Watson

The plaintiff sues to recover a commission claimed by him to have been earned in obtaining a purchaser for defendant’s hotel property in the city of Pontiac, known as the Hodges Hotel property, and also to recover $29 paid for an abstract of title to such property. The defendant resides in Pasadena, Cal., and all communications between the plaintiff and the defendant with reference to the property were in writing in the form of letters and telegrams. At the close of the evidence, the defendant’s counsel requested the court to instruct the jury to render a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for…