Batson v. Strehlow

In this action brought by an executrix against a real estate broker and others to recover the amount of a commission paid the broker in connection with the sale of property belonging to plaintiff’s decedent, defendant broker Robert R. Strehlow appeals from a judgment entered after a nonjury trial in favor of plaintiff and against him in the sum of $7,687.50, together with $1,165.70 interest, and costs. The nucleus of the trial court’s decision was that defendant was not acting as a real estate broker or agent at any time during the negotiation and sale of the property involved but was in fact…