Toomy v. Dunphy

Gibson, C.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover of the defendant $18,750 as the reasonable value of his services rendered in procuring a purchaser for defendant’s, ranch in the state of Nevada, with the live-stock and farming implements thereon, at the fixed price of $150,000, payable in three several installments, under a writing signed by the defendant, the material part of which is as follows:—

“Henry Toomy can arrange for the sale of my ranch in Nevada, as per within memorandum.”

On the trial, the plaintiff, to sustain the issues upon his part, after proving that he was a real estate…