Crawford

This appeal is by the plaintiff from a judgment against him in an action brought to recover $5,250, the alleged reasonable value of plaintiff’s services in negotiating a sale of real property owned by the defendant.

It was alleged and found by the trial court that prior to June 1, 1920, the plaintiff was a duly licensed real estate broker engaged in business as such in the county of Fresno, state of California; that in January, 1920, defendant orally appointed plaintiff his agent to obtain for him a purchaser of certain real property situated in said county and state, orally promising plaintiff that if plaintiff should obtain a purchaser therefor at a price and upon terms acceptable to defendant, defendant would pay plaintiff the reasonable value of such services; that thereupon, and pursuant to said understanding, • plaintiff obtained such purchaser, to whom defendant sold said real property for the sum of $105,000, which amount was acceptable to defendant. That thereafter defendant orally agreed to pay plaintiff the reasonable value of his services, and subsequent to said sale, and on June 26; 1920, defendants executed and delivered to plaintiff a written memorandum in words…