Liggett v. Allen

Allen & Van Sickle, real estate brokers, had a verdict and judgment against Liggett and Halverson, plaintiffs in error, for a commission on the sale of the lease and furniture of the Hotel Tours, and the case comes here on error. A motion for a directed verdict for defendants was denied.

There is evidence to show that about October 1, 1922, defendants employed plaintiffs to sell the hotel for $25,000 and agreed; to pay a commission of ten per cent, that plaintiffs procured and introduced Mr. and Mrs, Little, to whom the defendants sold for $22,500. This, of course, would entitle the brokers to…