Field v. Hamm

This is an action to recover a commission on the sale of real estate. The ’plaintiff was “manager of a furniture concern.” He was acquainted with the defendant and lived on a street where the latter had a house for sale. The two talked about the property but no contract of employment then was made. The plaintiff, while being shaved, talked with his barber about the desirability of buying the defendant’s house. The barber said he would look at the house that night. The plaintiff thereafter saw the defendant and asked if he would pay the plaintiff “a commission if he should find a buyer, and…