Kirchoff v. Cummard

— This is an action to recover a real estate broker’s commission. Appellant, defendant below, signed a listing contract by which he employed appellee to procure a purchaser for 80 acres of land situated in Maricopa county, this state, for a consideration of $48,000 to be paid upon the following terms: $14,000 cash, and the balance at $5,000 per year, deferred payments to bear 8 per cent interest. The contract was dated January 5, 1920, and provided for the payment of a commission of 5 per cent of selling price.

Some time thereafter appellee found and offered as purchasers Reaves A. Bird and…