Shepherd-Teague Co. v. Hermann

Plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendant for the sum of $1,500, commission claimed to have been earned under a written contract of employment to find a purchaser for and negotiate a sale and transfer of certain real property for defendant. This is an appeal from the order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.

Defendant in his answer admitted that he executed a written agreement in favor of the plaintiff, by which the defendant agreed to pay to the plaintiff a commission of $1,500, “provided that the said plaintiff should consummate a sale of certain property therein named and set…