Orr v. Schwager & Nettleton, Inc.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Wilmon Tucker, Esq., judge pro tempore, entered July 3, 1912, upon granting a nonsuit, in an action on contract tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
— This action was commenced by the plaintiff in May, 1909, to recover a commission on the sale of certain shares of stock owned by John W. Edgecomb and wife and W. A. McDonald and wife in the Riverside Timber Company, a corporation. Plaintiff alleged that, in November, 1908, the owners of the stock agreed to pay him a commission of three per cent upon the selling price for his services in finding a purchaser; that he found a purchaser and that a sale was made by the owners sometime in January, 1909, for the sum of $235,000; that the amount of his commission was $7,050; that all the agreements…
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