Munson

Munson v. Kirby

Good Law
105 Cal. App. 213·1930 Cal. App. LEXIS 621·287 P. 133
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 14, 1930Docket No. 5691.California880 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Norton, J.

This is a suit by plaintiff to recover a broker’s commission for the sale of certain real property sold by defendants to the American-born children of one K. Muto, a native of Japan. In the Superior Court judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff and from that judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

Appellants make the point that the evidence was insufficient to support the judgment in that there was no evidence that Thomas Munson, who conducted the negotiations upon which plaintiff bases her claim, was actually an agent of or in the employ of plaintiff at the time of these negotiations, nor that the listings of the property for sale made by appellants were made with plaintiff, nor any evidence that either Thomas Munson or plaintiff or anyone acting for her actually procured the purchaser to whom appellants sold the property.

The evidence in this case is to some extent conflicting, but after a careful examination of the testimony, this, court has no doubt but that there is ample evidence to sustain the findings of the trial judge in all the particulars complained of by appellants. The testimony and all the circumstances and evidence in the case indicate strongly that the two…

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