Gerstian v. Tibbetts

In this action, tried before a jury, the plaintiff, Hyman Gerstian, has alleged that “on or about the fifteenth *216day of January, 1946, that he was individually carrying on the business of real estate broker and agent, that on or about said date the defendant employed the plaintiff to negotiate sale of land and buildings at No. 312 on Water Street so-called, in said Augusta; undertaking and agreeing to pay him as a commission, a sum agreed, to wit: Five per cent of the selling price of said land and buildings if he should obtain a purchaser for the same for the sum of $30,000; that he did…