Goldsmith v. Bucket

ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff (appellee here) in the Supreme Court of the District upon a verdict of a jury in an action to recover a real estate commission.

The evidence for the plaintiff was substantially as follows: Prior to September, 1927, premises No. 1316 Sixteenth Street, N. W., in the District, were owned by the Wardman Construction Company, and wore leased through plaintiff, a real estate broker, to a Miss Gurnee for a period of two years at an annual rental of $6,000, tenancy to begin September 25,1927. The lease contained a provision that the…