Ballou v. United Button Co.

The plaintiff, a real estate broker, brought this action to recover a commission, alleging that he was employed by the defendant to procure a purchaser of certain real estate for the sum of $100,000, and that he did procure a purchaser upon the terms mentioned. The trial judge directed a verdict for the defendant, and reported the case to this court.

In order to determine what the contract of employment was, and whether the plaintiff performed his part, it is necessary to recite the essential facts as the jury could find them on the evidence. On October 5, 1916, the District Court of the…