Morehart v. Furley

Plaintiff brought this action to recover $2,831.55, the amount of real estate commission which he claimed to have earned in negotiating a sale of land for defendant. The complaint alleged that plaintiff negotiated the sale and that the purchaser as part of the purchase price executed to defendant a second mortgage for $8,900. It then alleged that it was agreed that the amount of the commission should constitute a lien upon the land. The complaint demanded judgment for $2,831.55 and interest, and asked that the court decree that said second mortgage be assigned to plaintiff in the amount of…