Corvin v. Smead Investment Co.

Respondents brought their action against appellants for $2,000 alleged to be due them as a real estate commission on an exchange of appellants’ property effected through their agency. The answer of appellants denied generally the allegations of the complaint. It contained a special defense of fraud on the part of respondents in the execution of an agreement whereby appellants promised to pay them a commission of $2,000, and a further defense of the statute of frauds. The trial court gave judgment in favor of respondents in the sum of $2,000, from which appellants have prosecuted this appeal.

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