Rauch v. Rhoades

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Groves.

The parties appear here in reverse order of their appearance in the trial court. Defendants in error, plaintiffs at the trial level, as real estate brokers, brought suit to recover a real estate commission claimed to be owing upon the sale of certain lands formerly owned by the defendants. The plaintiffs in error — the defendants — contended that the sale of property had been made through their own efforts and not through those of the plaintiffs. On trial to the court, the plaintiffs were awarded the sum of $9,000 as commission, and defendants brought this writ of…