Brakensiek v. Shaffer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kaul, J.:

In this action plaintiff-appellant seeks to recover upon an oral agreement a reasonable commission and/or value of his services in procuring a purchaser for the printing business of defendants-appellees.

A trial to the court concluded in a judgment for defendants and plaintiff brings this appeal.

The controlling question on appeal is whether the trial court, after finding the parties agreed that if plaintiff found a qualified purchaser some compensation might be paid, erred in not allowing compensation on a quantum meruit basis for plaintiff’s…