Higgins v. Egbert

Plaintiff brought suit to recover a real estate broker’s commission. A trial before the court, without a jury, resulted in findings of fact, conclusions of law, and judgment in favor of plaintiff. The defendant appealed.

Respondent, Harold H. Higgins, was a licensed real estate broker at Hartline, Washington, about ninety miles distant from Spokane. Appellant, Maud Egbert, a widow living in Spokane, owned one hundred sixty acres of farm land near Marlin, approximately forty-five miles southeast of Hartline.

On February 18, 1946, respondent called on appellant at her home for the purpose of…