Ellis Realty v. Chapelski

Plaintiffs are real estate brokers who cooperated in finding a purchaser for property owned by the defendant. The suit is for a real estate broker’s commission. After a bench trial, judgment was entered in favor of plaintiffs for the amount claimed as the commission owing, and defendant appeals.

The testimony of the plaintiffs was that defendant, a builder, asked plaintiff Ellis to find a buyer for a building defendant said he owned. After giving Ellis details of the income and expenses of the property, lease ex-pirations, the mortgage balance and payments on the mortgage, defendant told Ellis…