Rushkiewicz v. St. George

Plaintiff brought suit against defendant to recover $170, claiming that amount due him from the defendant as real estate broker’s commission for obtaining a purchaser for defendant’s property. There was a trial before the court without a jury and a finding and judgment in plaintiff’s favor for the amount of his claim, to reverse which defendant prosecutes this appeal.

The record discloses that plaintiff is a real estate broker and that he and defendant had been acquainted for a number of years and were good friends; that the defendant requested plaintiff to obtain a purchaser for his residence…