Riggins

This appeal is taken from a judgment entered in favor of the. plaintiff for the sum of five hundred dollars. It is presented on the judgment-roll alone. For cause of action plaintiff alleged in its complaint that on August 11, 1914, the defendant agreed in writing to pay the plaintiff the sum sued' for as commission for services theretofore rendered by Leslie B. Riggins Company, a corporation, as real estate agent in procuring an agreement of exchange of properties of defendant Patterson for property belonging to one Denton and one Beggs. The answer made by the defendant first contained a denial of all the material allegations of fact embraced within the complaint. It was then set up as a further defense that the plaintiff, on the eighth day of August, 1914, was employed by Denton and Beggs to act as their agent and broker in procuring the alleged agreement for the exchange of real estate and that Denton and Beggs agreed to pay the plaintiff as eompeisation for such services the sum of six hundred dollars; that bn about the same date the plaintiff accepted the employment and did at all times subsequent thereto represent and act for said Denton and Beggs as their agent and broker,…