Steinmetz v. Draper-Owens Company

Draper-Owens Company, real-estate broker, sued J. C. Steinmetz to recover a broker’s commission. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant listed with it certain premises owned by him for sale; that during the term of the agency the plaintiff found a purchaser ready, willing, and able to buy the property on the terms stipulated by the defendant, and who actually offered to buy it on those terms; but that the defendant refused to consummate the sale, through no fault of the plaintiff. The defendant in his answer denied that he had listed the property with the defendant, and denied the other…