W. A. Lucas & Co. v. Thompson

This suit was instituted by appellant, W. A. Lucas, doing business under the firm name of W. A. Lucas & Co., to recover of appellees Floyd Thompson and R. T. Bell commissions for negotiating a contract between them for the exchange of certain properties owned by them, respectively. For convenience and brevity the parties will be hereinafter designated by their respective names. Lucas alleged that Thompson had listed with him as a real estate broker his (Thompson’s) ranch situated in Erath county, and containing over 14,00.0 acres of land, for sale or exchange, and had agreed to pay him in…