Tupelo Hotel Co. v. Long

Long was plaintiff in the court below, and sued the hotel company for a commission of one thousand six hundred dollars for services in assisting the hotel company to make a sale of its hotel building to the parties who bought it.

It appears, that one Mrs. Mother shed went to Tupelo with a view of buying the Reed Hotel in that city, which hotel was leased and being* operated by a sister of the said Mrs. Mothershed. Being a friend of Mr. Long’s, and desiring* to confer with him with reference to this purchase, she called him over the telephone, and he wen t to the hotel, and she related to him…