Baker v. Pierce

STOKES, Justice.

On the 30th of March, 1939, Dee Jackson approached the appellee, C. A. Pierce, who was a real estate broker at Lubbock, and asked Pierce how much money, in his judgment, could be obtained from a sale of one-half of the oil and mineral royalty in and under the southwest one-fourth of Section 30, Block X, located in Yoakum County. He stated to Pierce that the land belonged to his mother but the title was in the name of his uncle, the appellant, O. O. Baker, and that his mother had told Jackson he could have the proceeds of the sale of the royalty interest. Pierce informed…