Reed v. Taylor

OPINION

Plaintiffs in four causes of action sought recovery of a §4,200 real estate broker’s sales commission claimed to be due them from defendant Taylor on account of a sale made by Taylor of his ranch property.

The evidence is undisputed that about June 21, 1954, Mr. Taylor asked Mr. Reed to try and find a purchaser for his land and livestock and machinery at a total price of |164,455. Taylor then verbally made an exclusive listing with plaintiffs, who were licensed real estate brokers, to sell approximately 11,000 acres of his lands at a per-acre price of $12, the brokers to receive as…