Klie v. Hollstein

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

This is an action on a contract for brokers’ commission for the procurement of a lessee for a factory property.

The defendants, in their answer, denied tire existence of the contract, and as a further defence set up that the alleged contract was not enforceable because not in writing.

At the trial the evidence, while conflicting, nevertheless permitted the jury, if they saw fit, to find the following facts:: The plaintiffs were real estate brokers. The defendants were owners of a factory property. They authorized the plaintiffs to lease the…