King v. Ingels

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action to recover a real-estate dealer’s commission on the exchange of an apartment building in Wichita for land in western Kansas.

Plaintiff’s petition alleged that they had been employed by de-fendant R. T. Ingels to find a purchaser or a satisfactory trade for the apartment house. Ingels gave plaintiffs the exclusive right for five months to sell or negotiate a trade for the property, and plaintiffs were to receive $10,000 as commission in the event of their success.

The plaintiff, Sam T. King, senior member of plaintiff’s firm…