Warren v. White

NORVELL, Justice.

The appeal involves the question of whether or not an oral agreement between licensed real estate brokers (not partners) to divide a commission is enforcible under the provisions of the Real Estate Dealers License Act, Article 6573a, Section 22, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.Stats.

Appellee, A. J. White, a licensed real ertate broker, consummated a transaction whereby a ranch owned by Mrs. Claude Kelley was sold to John W. Stormont for the sum of $38,541.75. White was paid a 5% commission of $1,927.

Appellant, likewise a licensed real estate broker, alleged that he had an agreement with…