Laughlin v. Galveston-Houston Breweries, Inc.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Plaintiff brought this action upon an oral contract to recover a 5 percent commission for the sale of a corporation. The defendant’s motion for summary judgment was granted by the trial court. The parties will be referred to here as they were designated in the trial court.

Plaintiff alleged that the president of the defendant corporation agreed to pay plaintiff a 5 percent commission to sell the defendant corporation. Plaintiff further alleged that he found a purchaser to whom the corporation was sold.

Defendant alleged that the sale included land, together with the other…