West v. Visalia Abstract Co.

The record justifies this statement of facts: Messrs. Gibson, Quinn, and Snell were the owners of a certain tract of land in Tulare County. Mr. Gibson agreed with one J. W. Fewel that if the latter would find a purchaser for the land that the owners would sell it for sixty-five thousand dollars cash and Fewel could retain all above that sum that the purchaser might pay for the land. Fewel at once entered into a verbal agreement with one J. E. West that if the latter would assist the former in finding a purchaser they would divide the profits or commissions equally, and, if desirable, they…