Brown v. Wisner
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered October 7, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
— This action was commenced by F. M. Brown, Jr., and R. H. Brown, copartners, against Mrs. L. B. Wisner, to recover a broker’s commission for the sale of personal property. A jury trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant, and from the final judgment entered thereon, the plaintiffs have appealed.
The evidence shows that the appellants were employed by the respondent, by written contract, to sell an unexpired lease on the Stander hotel in the city of Seattle, together with the furniture, supplies, hotel business, and good will; that they introduced to respondent, one F. J. Richards, as a…
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