Greer v. Laws
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from. White Circuit Court. F. P. Laws, a real estate broker, sued G. B. Greet*, alleging that the latter employed him to negotiate a sale of 10,422 acres of land, and that the contract of employment was that if plaintiff should sell the land at $2-50 per acre, defendant would allow him 25 cents per acre and a commission of 5 per cent, on the remainder ; that plaintiff negotiated the sale for the agreed price, and that defendant had refused to pay more than $1,250.…
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Appeal from. White Circuit Court. F. P. Laws, a real estate broker, sued G. B. Greet*, alleging that the latter employed him to negotiate a sale of 10,422 acres of land, and that the contract of employment was that if plaintiff should sell the land at $2-50 per acre, defendant would allow him 25 cents per acre and a commission of 5 per cent, on the remainder ; that plaintiff negotiated the sale for the agreed price, and that defendant had refused to pay more than $1,250. Defendant denied the agreement to pay 25 cents per acre, and averred that he agreed to pay 5 per cent, commission on the…
1Opinion of the CourtMansfield, J.
o£ .. Evidence contract.
The only matter in issue between these parties in the court below was whether the defendant agreed to pay for the plaintiff’s services in selling the defendant’s lands the sum of twenty-five cents per acre and also the commission mentioned in the complaint, or whether the entire compensation stipulated for was the commission paid before the commencement of this suit. On this question the direct evidence was conflicting ; and it was competent to prove any fact which bore upon the probable truth of what was alleged on either side as having been the agreement. The…
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