Borisoff v. Schatten

Plaintiff Maurice Borisoff, a licensed real estate salesman, had been employed for approximately 2 1/2 years by defendant Bernard W. Schatten, a licensed real estate broker, doing business as Schatten Realty. Borisoff brought an action in the common pleas court of the city of Detroit, in assumpsit, and especially upon an oral contract for commissions claimed to be due him in the sum of $769.50. That court rendered a judgment in favor of Borisoff for $435, plus costs. Schatten appealed to the circuit court and Borisoff took a cross appeal.

The circuit court heard the appeals on the record made…