Edwards v. Cragg

Robert M. Cragg brought this suit against the defendants below, who are plaintiffs in error here, to recover $1,000 which he claimed they had improperly retained as commission on the sale of real estate belonging to the plaintiff. On agreed facts the court tried the case without a jury and rendered a judgment for the plaintiff, which the defendants now seek to reverse.

The stipulated facts were in substance these: Prior to April 24, 1946, Cragg authorized the defendants, real estate brokers, to sell for him certain property in Alexandria at the specified price of $21,000, with the express…