Thomson v. Silsby

The plaintiffs, Gilbert Thomson and Emma Thomson, are real estate brokers. J. S. Silsby and wife were the owners of a farm. Frank Wolf and wife had a lease upon an apartment house in Portland. . It is admitted in the pleadings that the Silsbys, as parties of the first part, the Wolfs, as parties of the second part, and the plaintiffs, as parties of the third part, made a tripartite agreement of which the following, except property descriptions, is a copy:

“Portland Eealty Board — Official Contract for Exchange of Eeal Property.

“Official rates of commission—City property: 5% on first $60,000,…