Sawyer v. Federal Land Bank

This action was brought to recover commission on the sale of a farm. By direction, the jury returned a verdict for defendant ; plaintiff took an exception.

The first question here is the application of a statute, invoked by defendant, providing, in brief, that where a contract making one an agent to sell real estate fails to fix the duration of the agency, the *138contract shall, after one year, be deemed void. R. S., Chap. 123, Sec. 12.

Purpose of the statute has been said to be the protection of owners against continuing contracts. Odlin v. McAllaster, 112 Me., 89, 92, 90 A., 1086. The statute is…