Hendrix v. Crosby

(After stating the foregoing facts.) In count 1 of the petition, the plaintiff set out that he was employed to purchase certain described property for the defendant and that he entered upon his employment and contacted the owner of the property and discussed the sale with the owner’s agent, but that the defendant, in an effort to defeat paying the plaintiff the commission agreed upon, went directly to the owner’s agent and purchased the property for a slightly higher amount than he had authorized the plaintiff to pay for the property. The petition further alleged that the plaintiff’s efforts…