Miller v. Curtis

This is a suit by the executrix of G. W. Miller, a real estate broker, for his commission for negotiating the sale of “ Longview Plantation,” in the parish of St. James.

*34The petitioner alleges that the said G: W. Miller was entrusted with the sale of the, plantation by the owner under the stipulation that the purchaser should pay the brokerage of two per cent, on the price to be obtained; that Curtis, having been informed of the price and conditions of the sale, agreed to them, and subsequently he bought the plantation with another person.

The defendant admits that he and one Ball bought the…