Tapley v. Patton

HALLEY, Justice.

This action was filed in the District Court of Sequoyah County on October 31, 1956 by E. O. Tapley against G. J. Patton, to recover a one-half interest in a real estate commission alleged to have been earned by the parties in the sale of 380 acres of land owned by Frank Yutterman and sold to M. J. Reinhart at a price of $42,000, $40,000 of which was received by Frank Yutterman and $2,000 paid to G. J. Patton as commission for making the sale.

It is not disputed that both the plaintiff and the defendant were both qualified real estate brokers under Oklahoma law. Plaintiff…