Malone v. Adams

STONE, Judge.

Defendant Adams, as administrator of the estate of John W. Matlock, deceased, appeals from an adverse judgment of $1,-100 entered, at the conclusion of a jury-waived trial in the Circuit Court of Dent County, upon a demand originally filed in the probate court by plaintiff Malone, a licensed real estate broker, for commission alleged to have been earned in the sale of a 439-acre farm owned by Matlock and situate about seven miles west of Salem, Missouri.

Matlock “listed” the farm with plaintiff on October 9, 1959. It appears that “the asking price” at that time was $14,000. On…