Merzoian v. Papazian

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff in an action brought to recover a commission alleged to be due under a contract for the sale of real estate.

The contract was dated July 12, 1919, and it appoints the plaintiff as the exclusive agent of the defendant for the period of twenty days to sell the property described in the complaint, which consisted of sixty acres of land with improvements and certain personal property, for the sum of $40,000. By its terms the defendant was to “furnish deed and abstract showing clear title” in himself, and in the event of the plaintiff selling…