Schwartz v. Akerlund

The plaintiff, Jacob J. Schwartz, trading as Schwartz & Schwartz, brought suit in the municipal court, in a first-class case, against the defendant, Leander Akerlund, to recover $2,055, as real estate commissions. There was a trial before the court, without a jury, and a judgment in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.

In the statement of claim it is alleged that the plaintiff was a licensed real estate dealer; that, on August 3, 1923, the defendant gave him, the plaintiff, an exclusive agency, evidenced by a writing, for one month and thereafter until the agency was…