Sams v. Olympia Holding Co.

Plaintiff, a real estate broker, as assignee of the partnership consisting of himself and another, sued defendant for the purpose of recovering judgment upon an alleged liability to pay a real estate commission. For the purpose of brevity, plaintiff-appellant will be referred to in this opinion as though he were the sole party who had dealt with defendant.

During the month of January, 1928, defendant, being the owrier of a tract of land in the city of Olympia known as the “Capital Motors property,” and desiring to sell the same, agreed verbally to pay plaintiff a broker’s commission of $1,250…