Lestrade v. Perrera

The ■judgment of the court was pronounced by

Rost, J.

The defendant employed the plaintiff as broker to sell a house and lot, and promised him a commission of two per cent on the price, if he obtained for the property sixteen thousand dollars: ten thousand cash, and the balance at one year, without interest.

The plaintiff introduced to him Vanzini, who was willing to give the price asked; but the defendant refused to sell, giving as the only reason, that he had changed his mind. The negotiation was apparently broken off; but two or three days after, the parties met, without the intervention of a…