Johnson v. Ogle

Plaintiff, a licensed real estate dealer, brought this action to recover an alleged commission for the sale of certain real property.

Defendant by answer alleged that no contract of employment for compensation or commission was entered into in writing or at all between plaintiff and defendant and that the alleged contract pleaded in the complaint is invalid, null and void, and barred by subdivision 6 of section 7519, Revised Codes 1935.

By agreement the cause was tried to the court without a jury. The court found for plaintiff and defendant appealed from the judgment.

The first point raised by…