Burnett v. Edling Edling

PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.

The appellees instituted two suits against appellant in the District Court of Galveston County, both suits being based upon an alleged contract between appellees and appellant, whereby the latter appointed the former his sole and exclusive' agents for the sale of a large body of lands owned by him in the county' of Harris, Texas, said contract to continue in force for the period of ■two years, unless in the meantime appellees should cease active operations as such agents, in which event the contract should terminate. The appellees at the date of this contract were…