Wallace v. Gilley

This case comes up on an alleged bill of exceptions. The record is meager in the extreme. It was heard before the court without the aid of a jury and with right of exceptions reserved.

The action is assumpsit for the recovery of a commission alleged to be due the plaintiff, a real estate broker, for securing a purchaser for the defendant’s real estate. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case, the principal defendant rested and, on motion, judgment in his favor was entered.

The bill of exceptions, after a statement of the nature of the action, is as follows:

“The plaintiff’s writ and pleadings,…