United Farm Agency v. McFarland

GOODWIN, J,

This is an action to recover a real estate commission. In a trial before the court without a jury the court entered judgment for the defendant and plaintiff has appealed.

Under date of February 18, 1963, plaintiff, United Farm Agency, a corporation, duly licensed as a real estate broker, and defendant, Orval McFarland, entered into a listing agreement in writing. The defendant agreed to pay to the plaintiff as a commission ten per cent of the selling price if plaintiff procured a purchaser for defendant’s ranch in Lane County, *127Oregon. The price stipulated in the agreement was…