Mallory v. Columbia Mortgage & Trust Co.

By hi-s original and amended bills the complainant sought to recover two attorney fees of $500 and $50 respectively, and a commission of $850 paid by him in connection with a loan on real estate owned by him. The complainant engaged the defendant corporation, through its officers, to negotiate and secure for him a loan of $17,500, and contracted in writing at the time to pay the defendant for its services as a commission $350. The complainant defaulted in his payment on the loan, which at that time was owned and held by a foreign insurance company, and the past-due notes were placed in the…