Peterson v. Montgomery Holding Co.

J. — Plaintiff, a licensed real estate broker, brought this action to recover commissions alleged to have been earned in procuring the Owl Drug Company as tenant for property in the city of Los Angeles owned by defendant upon which it proposed to erect a building. The trial proceeded until defendant’s written offer to pay the commission was received in evidence and the record showed (1) that defendant had never entered into a binding contract to lease the property to Owl Drug Company, (2) that defendant and the drug company had never agreed as to the terms of the lease, and (3) that defendant…