Dailey v. Stevenson

Francis E. Stevenson, a real estate broker, instituted action against George W. Dailey for $7,125 allegedly owing to him as commissions for securing a lessee for property owned by Dailey. He alleged that he had an oral contract with Dailey under which he was authorized to secure a tenant for Dailey’s property and that he had obtained an offer from Phillips Petroleum Company, hereinafter called Phillips, to lease the property for a stated period at $47 5 per month, but Dailey had wrongfully refused to execute the lease and rented the property to another tenant upon the same terms.

In his answer…