Rogers v. Grua

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of plaintiff Rogers, a real estate broker, for a commission on the sale of real property, and against defendant Grua, who owned the property, and defendant Hilton, a real estate broker. The complaint alleged that defendants Grua and Hilton conspired to' prevent plaintiff from collecting a commission he had earned by arranging a sale of the Grua ranch pursuant to a written authorization to sell.

The issues before this court arose out of the following sequence of events: Rogers wrote Grua requesting permission to sell the property, saying, in part: “I…