Egan v. Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment of the superior court in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant, as executor of the will of Rose E. Davis, deceased, for the sum of $1,000 found to be due plaintiff for securing for said Davis a purchaser for certain real estate.

The defense is, first, that there was no agreement or memorandum in writing authorizing or employing plaintiff as agent or broker to sell the real estate for said Davis, and, second, that plaintiff did not procure a purchaser ready, able, or willing to purchase the real estate. Plaintiff relies upon two written…