Froling v. Odegard

BURKE, Judge.

This is an action upon a real estate broker’s contract. Plaintiff is the assignee of the broker’s rights under the contract. The case was tried without a jury in the County Court of Cass County, and a judgment in favor of the plaintiff was rendered and entered. Defendant has appealed from the judgment and has demanded a trial de novo in this court.

Defendant was engaged in the business of building dwelling houses for sale. He and plaintiff’s assignor, M. J. O’Connor, a real estate broker, met fortuitously in a restaurant in Fargo about the 15th of December, 1952. A conversation…