Holloway v. Forshee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kaul, J.:

This is an action by a real estate broker to recover a commission for the sale of a residence. The case was tried to the court and judgment was rendered for plaintiff in the sum of $3,300.00, the amount of the commission claimed.

Defendant owner has appealed charging primarily that plaintiff did not put defendant seller and the purchaser in communication with each other, and thus the court erred in finding plaintiff to be the procuring cause of the sale.

On February 7, 1969, plaintiff Holloway solicited and obtained from the defendant an “open”…