Keith v. Smith
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered June 11, 1906, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, and the refusal of the plaintiffs to plead further, dismissing an action to recover a commission on a sale of real property.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiffs, P. R. Keith and W. P. Sergeant, copartners as Keith-Sergeant Realty Company, against the defendants, Victor Hugo Smith and L. B. May, to recover a commission claimed to be due on the purchase of real estate. In their third amended complaint, to which we -will hereafter refer as the complaint, the plaintiffs alleged, that on November 15, 1905, the defendants employed them to negotiate for the purchase of a certain described tract of land in Pierce county; that the contract of employment was orally made; that presently thereafter a note and memorandum…
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