Maloof

The action was for compensation for securing a purchaser of real estate belonging to defendants. The written contract, executed by the .parties, upon which the action was brought, as far as necessary to quote was in the following language: “I hereby authorize A. Maloof, as my agent, for a term of-days from this date, and hereafter until notified by me in writing that the same is withdrawn .(this is not exclusive), to offer for sale and sell for me for the sum of $35,000, my real property [describing it]. And I further agree that if my said agent shall procure a buyer for said property, or if a sale or exchange is made by, or upon cmy information received through such agency, whether such sale or exchange be made before or after the expiration of this agreement, at the above or. any other amount named or accepted by me, I will pay to said agents Five Per Cent of such selling price, as a commission and compensation for such services.” The court found that “the plaintiff interested one John Greott in the purchase of said property . . . and, thereafter, the said defendants sold said ranch property to said John Greott and accepted and received from him, in payment thereof, the sum of…