Reeve v. Shoemaker

Defendant, Shoemaker, sold a lot to Welch. Plaintiff, as surviving partner of her husband, J. B. Reeve, claims that she or her firm secured the purchaser, and is entitled to a commission. Plaintiff produced a book kept by Reeve and herself, in which this lot was listed. She does not claim that the listing was made with her. She offered to testify that, in a conversation between Mr. Reeve and the defendant in June, 1922, overheard by her, “J. B. Reeve advised the defendant that he expected to make a sale of defendant’s lot, and defendant says, ‘All right.’ ” She did not offer to testify that…