Matthews Bros. v. Bernius

This is a suit by a firm of real estate agents seeking to recover a commission earned in effecting a contract for the sale of real estate.

Defendant, at the time the contract of sale was entered into and at the time she made the contract with the agents, was the Wife under the community of acquets and gains of Robert Bernius.

The property in question, though purchased during the existence of the community and with community funds, had been placed in defendant’s name.

A written brokerage contract had been entered into between plaintiffs and defendant under which it was agreed that plaintiffs…