Dotson v. Milliken

This is an action'for a commission of $2.50 an acre on 10,000 acres of coal land belonging to the defendant, the. plaintiff in error, for which, although not sold, the defendant in error, the plaintiff, says that he furnished a purchaser, satisfying the terms of the understanding on which he was employed. The errors alleged and now insisted upon are the giving of an instruction requested by the plaintiff and refusing one asked by the defendant. To explain them it will be necessary to give a summary of the evidence, or part of it.

Relations between the parties were opened by a letter from the…