Thompson v. Harper

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

This is a suit brought by appellees who claim a commission as real estate brokers. In rendering judgment, the Chancery Court necessarily found: (a) that appellees had a valid and enforcible contract with appellants; (b) that appellees had not abandoned the contract; and (c) that appellees were the procuring cause of the sale of the property. On this appeal, several questions are argued; but we find it necessary to consider only one point: that the appellees had abandoned whatever contract they formerly possessed.

The Broadway Hotel Company, a corporation, owned certain…