Crawford v. Kennedy

This appeal is by the plaintiff from a judgment against him in an action brought to recover $5,250, the alleged reasonable value of plaintiff’s services in negotiating a sale of real property owned by the defendant.

It was alleged and found by the trial court that prior to June 1, 1920, the plaintiff was a duly licensed real estate broker engaged in business as such in the county of Fresno, state of California; that in January, 1920, defendant orally appointed plaintiff his agent to obtain for him a purchaser of certain real property situated in said county and state, orally promising…