Schultz v. Griffin

Titus, Ch. J.

This action is brought ,by the plaintiff to recover of the defendant $1,000, which he claims to have earned in commissions on the sale of the defendant’s land.

In 1886, the defendant owned eiglity-six and one-half acres of land in this city, and on the thirty-first day of July, he entered into an agreement with the plaintiff to sell the land. The substance of the agreement was that the defendant was to pay Schultz, the plaintiff, the sum of $1,000, “providing he will dispose of or sell my farm on Main street, Buffalo, N. V., known as the Owens place, consisting of 86^ acres of…