Evans v. Dorman

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

The appeal is from a judgment ordering Edith Evans to pay a real estate broker’s commission of $22,500 to Paul Dorman. Dorman had produced a purchaser for the Evans ranch as evidenced by a deposit receipt signed by Edith Evans, as seller, and Lindero Investment Co., Inc., as buyer, which document contained an express promise by Evans to pay Dorman, her broker, a commission of $22,500. The suit below proceeded mainly upon that promise, though an alternative claim for quantum meruit relief was also asserted. We do not deal with the alternative claim, for on this…