Graham v. Buesche

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

This was an action to recover an alleged agent’s commission for the rental of a building. Trial was to a jury. Plaintiff recovered judgment for $1,650, and defendant appeals..

Plaintiff, in his petition, alleged, among other-things, that he was engaged in the real-estate business; that defendant owned the building which is the subject of this controversy; “that in 1920, plaintiff, acting as the agent of defendant, negotiated a lease of said property to the United Cigar Stores Company of America, a corporation, for.a period of twenty years…