STROMER v. BROWNING

Docket No. Sac. 7750.

65 Cal.2d 421 (1966)

420 P.2d 730

55 Cal. Rptr. 18

GORDON STROMER, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. J.L. BROWNING, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 13, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer, Devlin, Diepenbrock, Wulff & Plant, Diepenbrock, Wulff & Plant and Ronald N. Paul for Defendant and Appellant.

James G. Changaris and Malcolm A. Misuraca for Plaintiff and Respondent.


McCOMB, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, after a nonjury trial, in a suit to recover a broker's commission for the sale of real property.

Facts: In June 1958 defendant gave plaintiff, a broker, oral authority to find a buyer for a 2200-acre ranch which defendant owned, excepting therefrom 73 acres which he planned to use as a duck club. A 5 percent commission was fixed.

Plaintiff drew up a descriptive brochure, and...

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