W. A. Lucas & Co. v. Thompson

In this case the plaintiff in error, W. A. Lucas, doing business under the. firm name of W. A. Lucas & Co., as a real estate broker, sued Floyd Thompson and R. T. Bell, claiming commissions for negotiating a contract between Thompson and Bell for the exchange of certain properties. There was a trial to a jury, wherein special issues were submitted, after Lucas had requested a peremptory charge in his favor, which had been refused, in which the jury found a verdict on each of the issues, as follows:(a) That Bell declined to complete the contract . with Thompson because the abstract furnished…