Bosetta v. Jacobs

Elaintiff sues defendant for $180.25, or five per cent, of the selling price of certain property sold by defendant, a licensed real estate broker.

The evidence substantially supports the allegations of the petition, to the effect that plaintiff informed defendant by telephone, in the month of February, 1924, that he had a “real live prospect”, who desired to purchase a rooming-house, and that plaintiff would negotiate the purchase thereof through defendant if the latter would pay him five per cent, of the amount of the purchase price for which the property might be sold; that. defendant…