Fairchild v. King

This is an action by Fairchild, Lawton, and Mathison, as brokers, to recover ten thousand dollars commissions for services performed in finding a tenant for a certain tract of land belonging to defendant King. Plaintiffs were nonsuited by the trial court, and the evidence upon which they relied at the trial for a recovery is stated by their counsel in a most favorable light for them as follows: “Defendant King owned the ranch referred to in the pleadings and evidence. He authorized defendant Jackson to secure a tenant for said ranch. Defendant Jackson communicated with and authorized…