De Hart v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Calhoun County; Hugh D. Merrill, Judge. Action by J. P. Johnson against L. A. De Hart. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. -Transferred from Court of Appeals under Acts 1911, p. 449, § 6.
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Appellee sued appellant for damages for the breach of an alleged contract “wherein and whereby the defendant agreed to pay the plaintiff the sum of $75 to negotiate with H. M. Pagan for the sale to the defendant” of a certain house and lot in the city of Anniston. The above-quoted and other parts of the complaint make it clearly to appear that appellee was suing to recover a commission earned by him as agent for appellant in procuring for the latter a contract for the purchase of Pagan’s house and lot.
Por a reversal of the • judgment against him appellant relies upon the principle of law…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Green v. Southern States Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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