Hornbeck v. Gilmer
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Judicial District Court, Parish of Sabine; John Bachman Lee, Judge. Action by Frederick A. Hornbeek against Alexander Gilmer. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Facts.
BREAUX, J.
Plaintiff brought this action to recover a commission on the sale of land made by defendant.
Defendant owned a tract of land in the parish of Sabine, containing about 8,000 acres, which about the first of the year 1900 he was willing to sell.
*502Plaintiff was for several years the land commissioner for the Kansas City Southern Railroad Company.
For the past few years preceding the sale in question he had been engaged in business as real estate agent and broker, with his office in Kansas City, dealing in, buying, and selling Southern timber lands.
It appears that Mr.…
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