Canovsky v. Gehrsen

This is a suit for one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) alleged to be due as a commission of four per cent (4%) on sale of real estate.

The contract, which is on the ordinary printed real estate broker’s form, consists of an offer to purchase within sixty days, signed by one Victor Cefalu, on April 23, 1926, and the acceptance signed by defendant on the same date. Offer was to hold until April 24, 1926, at five p. m. In other words, twenty-four hours was given for execution of contract. In the body of the printed part the word “cash” is marked out and the word “note” is written in ink above it.…