Young v. Kidder

OPINION OF THE COURT

WATSON, J.

Appellant sued appellee for a real estate commission, setting up a special contract by which appellee agreed to pay him 5 per cent, if he should procure a buyer for his farm at a certain price, setting up also that he did procure a buyer, and that appellee refused to sell at the price named. Appellant also pleaded that he was not a real estate broker or agent, licensed or otherwise, but was engaged in the business of farming. Appellee demurred to the complaint on the ground that, for want of license, the contract of employment was illegal, and the agreed…