McKellar v. Marsac

OPINION

DUGGAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment rendered in favor of the defendant/appellee upon proof of an affirmative defense.

Appellant, Edwin “Buddy” McKellar, III, sued appellee, Esther Mary Marsac, for money allegedly due him under an oral joint venture agreement for the development and sale of land she owned in Oklahoma, or alternatively, in quantum meruit for his services rendered and labor done in the development and sale of the land.

McKellar, a licensed Texas real estate broker, pleaded that: (1) on or about October 19, 1982, in Houston, Texas, he, Mrs. Marsac, and…