Oliver & Co. v. Shipley

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sampson—

Affirming.

This is an action by appellee Shipley and others against W. J. Oliver & Company, real estate brokers, to recover of them $1,500.00 paid as commissions on the sale of a large tract of fine land in Warren county, under an agreement, as averred in the petition, that if the contract of sale brought about between Shipley and one Morgan should not be consummated by the payment of the purchase price, no commissions were to be paid; and if paid, to be returned to Shipley upon the failure of Morgan to consummate the deal by paying the purchase…