Jumper v. Dorchester Lumber Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

Action for compensation as purchasing agent of the defendant company in the acquisition of certain real estate. The plaintiff alleges a contract, partly in writing and partly in parol, by which his compensation was to be measured either by a conveyance to him of the land with a reservation of the timber rights, or. by payment to him of. 50 cents per thousand feet of timber on the property purchased, estimated on a stumpage basis; that in compliance with said contract he negotiated for the company the pur chase of certain lands for…