Trainer v. Fort

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

Plaintiff brought suit against the defendant for a commission for the sale of certain real estate. The claim was based on an oral contract. Plaintiff declares in his statement that the defendant “orally covenanted and agreed to and with plaintiff that if the plaintiff would communicate to him [the defendant] the name of the corporation [which, according to plaintiff, had made inquiry of him for Delaware River frontage property], and would recommend the defendant’s property to said corporation, if and when any part of the said property should be purchased by the…