Hildebrandt v. Anderson

Plaintiff, a real estate broker, found a lessee for property owned by defendants and took his agreed-upon commission in the form of a promissory note from them. When the lessee stopped making lease payments to defendants, defendants stopped making commission payments to plaintiff, who then brought this action to collect. The trial court found in favor of defendants on the ground that plaintiff was not entitled to his commission after the lessee stopped paying. Plaintiff appeals. Because this was an action at law tried to the court, we cannot reject findings of fact if there is any evidence in…