Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank v. Colbert

FUNDERBURK, Justice.

T. R. Colbert brought this suit against the Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank to recover compensation for services alleged to have been rendered by plaintiff for the defendant in procuring a purchaser for a large tract of land situated in Jones and Haskell Counties, known as the Colbert ranch.

Plaintiff alleged that defendant “acting by and through G. D. Gay, its vice-president, employed the plaintiff herein to act as .an agent to sell said land, and agreed to pay plaintiff five per cent for his services in securing a purchaser for said land.” In -the alternative it was alleged…