Pond v. Anderson

Plaintiff’s petition alleges defendants (husband and wife) engaged plaintiff, .a real estate broker, to assist them in finding a purchaser for certain business property in Marshalltown; plaintiff found and introduced to defendants Houghton and Yerkes who purchased the property on terms acceptable to defendants; plaintiff’s services were of the reasonable value of $3100.

Defendants’ amended answer denies the above allegations and states that before tbe sale was made plaintiff told defendant J. C. Anderson be could see Houghton and Yerbes and make his own deal and whatever defendants sold the…