Lerner v. Harvey

Plaintiff recovered from defendant in the circuit court of Wayne county a verdict of $340 as commission on the sale of certain real estate. The action was commenced in justice’s court, and pleadings were oral. Plaintiff declared in assumpsit on the common counts, and defendant pleaded the general issue. The property sold was a terrace of six houses and the land on which they were located, upon Theodore street in the city of Detroit. It belonged to defendant and was sold to a man named Lieberman for $17,000. Plaintiff’s bill of particulars was for a commission of 3 per cent, of that amount.…