Kirk v. Henry M. Rich & Co.

Plaintiff, a real estate broker in Chicago, brought an action for commissions for procuring for defendant a tenant for certain space in a building in Chicago. The trial was by the court and resulted in a finding and judgment for the defendant and plaintiff appealed. The services of the plaintiff, in procuring a tenant for the defendant were rendered between some day in September and October 26, 1907. October 30 plaintiff obtained from the City of Chicago a license to conduct the business of broker, “in said city until the first day of May next,” and paid therefor $25, the fee fixed for a…