Erb v. Hawks

BRICE, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff (appellee), a real estate broker, recovered a judgment against defendant (appellant) for $2325.00 for services (as it is alleged) in securing a purchaser for defendant’s ranch.

It is admitted by the answer and found as facts by the trial court that plaintiff was a real estate broker doing business in Las Vegas, New Mexico; that he was employed by defendant on the 10th day of January 1945 to procure a purchaser for defendant’s ranch; and that defendant agreed to pay plaintiff five percent of the selling price of the ranch as commission if he succeeded in…