M. J. Harris Co. v. Buckeye-Sheriff Street Realty Co.

OPINION

By MORGAN, J.

In this case the trial court, a jury having been waived, awarded plaintiff a judgment for $3510.00 for real estate commission on the following facts:

The plaintiff, a duly licensed real estate broker, secured The Kroger Grocery & Baking Company as a lessee for the land and building owned by the defendant at the corner of East 4th and Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. The lease was executed on September 14, 1931, and was for a term commencing on November 16, 1931 and ending on November 15, 1936, as a rental of $20,000.00 per year, or $100,000.00 for the five year term. The…