Loughman v. Shine

Eberhardt, Presiding Judge.

Sidney Shine had a customer who desired to obtain a financial guarantee bond. He made a number of efforts to obtain one for the customer, but failed, and then referred the customer to Massey Loughman, who was a realty broker associated with Fred N. Brown Associates. Loughman succeeded in getting the bond and received a commission for his services of $22,500. Brown required payment of one-half of the commission to it. Shine demanded half of the commission for his referral services, which Loughman refused to pay, and Shine sued him.

Shine contended that under his oral…