Hoffman v. Rosendahl

This is an appeal on questions of law from a

judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County, Ohio, through which the plaintiff recovered the sum of $1,450 as commission for the sale of certain real estate. Trial was to the court without a jury.

The essential allegations of the amended petition are that on April 17, 1954, plaintiff and defendant entered into an oral agreement, whereby the plaintiff was to find a purchaser for certain real estate at a price of $32,000, for a commission of 5 per cent; that the defendant represented he owned such real estate; that defendant represented he…