Kennedy v. Justus

BRAND, District Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant is a real estate broker in Portales, New Mexico, and brought this action for a commission alleged to be due him from the defendants C. T. Justus and Arron Justus, father and son, for having been the procuring cause of a sale of 160 acres of land owned by the father. Plaintiff had been given a written listing of the farm which was signed, “C. T. Justus, Owner, by Arron Justus”. Two sons lived on the land and had during the past several years listed it for sale with other brokers and had represented that they had authority from their father, who lived…