Brackett v. Schafer

This is an action to recover real-estate commissions.

In the spring of 1949, Russell L. Brackett, a licensed real-estate broker, sold his thirty-acre tract at Bellevue, Washington, to Louis R. Schafer and Mrs. Schafer. Schafer is engaged in the home construction business and desired to develop the tract as a subdivision of western style ranch homes. His plan was to subdivide the tract into sixteen lots and build the homes to the order of individual purchasers.

As a part of the transaction between Brackett and the Schafers, the parties entered into a written contract, dated March 3, 1949,…