Bird v. Trench

Mr. Presiding Justice Thomson

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff brought this action against the defendant seeking to recover $2,000 which he claimed was the customary and reasonable commission due Mm from the defendant in payment of his services in procuring a purchaser of her property, at the price she placed upon it, such purchaser having been procured and having entered into a written contract to purchase the property on the terms which the defendant had named. After such purchaser had been secured and had executed a contract, the defendant declined to sign it and refused to…