Ernst v. Ganahl

This is an action brought by plaintiff to recover two thousand dollars, alleged to be due him from defendant for services alleged to have been rendered by him in connection with an exchange of certain real properties by defendant and one C. C. Kohlmeier. The complaint alleged a written contract on the part of defendant, given on or about June 18, 1908, authorizing plaintiff to sell certain of his real property for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, “or to exchange the same for other property which would be accepted by defendant,” and in which defendant agreed that if the property was…