Bradley v. May

Plaintiffs by a bill in chancery seek to compel specific performance of an alleged oral agreement by defendants May to pay them a commission of 3 per cent, of the total income received from a lease they had negotiated as brokers for defendants. Defendants made a motion in the nature of a demurrer to dismiss said bill, urging as a principal ground that the alleged contract was void under the statute of frauds, because not in writing as required by 3 Comp. Laws 1915, § 11981, subd. 5, also no question for equity jurisdiction is involved and plaintiffs have a complete and adequate remedy at law,…