Cliff v. Gleason

The parties to this cause will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court, where plaintiff in error was defendant, and defendant in error was plaintiff. Plaintiff sued to recover a broker’s commission, based on an “Exclusive Listing and Authority to Sell” contract, by the terms of which the defendant Byron Cliff, doing business as Ace-Hi Liquor Store, employed plaintiff James Gleason to find a buyer for his store.

Complaint was filed in Superior Court of the City and County of Denver, and in due course summons was personally served on the defendant Gleason in Jefferson County. The…