E. O. Bailey & Co. v. Union Planters Title Guaranty Co.

This snit presents a controversy over the right of complainant, a real estate broker, to a commission on the price obtained by the defendant in the sale of a building owned by it and sold to a third party. From a decree for the complainant, holding it entitled to the commission and awarding a recovery accordingly, the defendant appealed.

Complainant’s claim is based apon a provision in a written lease negotiated by it, whereby the defendant leased for a term of years a business house to two partners operating under the name of Thomas Bros. Candy Co. This provision is as follows: “ ‘28. Agency…