Eastbank Land Co. Inc. v. Hoffstetter

This is a suit to recover a commission on an alleged real estate deal.

The demand is based on an offer to purchase certain property from defendant for $8,000 of which $1,000 was to be paid by deeding the defendant ten lots in Gulfport, $6,500 subject to a homestead loan, and the balance in cash. The title was to be free from incumbrances and subject to examination and approval by purchaser’s attorney, and the act of sale was to be passed before the purchaser’s notary within 45 days, at the expense of the purchaser.

It was stipulated that if the offer was accepted the purchaser would deposit a…