Essex v. Millikan

Action by Bert Essex against Frank M. Millikan and Isaac Pinkus on an alleged oral contract to recover a broker’s commission for negotiating a written lease on real estate owned by the defendants. The first paragraph of complaint alleges an agreement on the part of the defendants to pay plaintiff a two per cent, commission for procuring a twenty-year lease. The second paragraph is on quantum meruit. Appellees filed a cross-complaint asking damages on account of representation alleged to have been made by appellant. The cause was tried by the court.

The facts were found specially and are, in…