Zitske v. Grohn

The plaintiff sued to recover a commission upon the sale of real estate. He claimed that the defendant orally agreed that, if he produced a purchaser for a certain eighty acres of land owned by defendant, he (plaintiff) should have all it sold for over $1,200 as his commission. The defendant admitted having a conversation with the plaintiff about the sale of the land, but denied any agreement to pay a commission, and claimed that plaintiff simply inquired the price of the land, and he told him $1,200, and that the conversation took place on Sunday. It was undisputed that shortly afterward the…