Snyder v. Schram

Plaintiff filed this action to recover a real estate commission. The action was tried before the court without a jury and a judgment entered for defendants. Plaintiff appeals.

The facts and the sequence of events are important.

On May 18, 1972, the plaintiff, a real estate brokerage firm, entered into a brokerage contract with defendants for the sale of defendants’ property in Gresham for $148,500. The contract provided for an expiration time of midnight, October 1, 1972. However, it also provided that the commission would be payable if the property were sold within 90 days after the…