Holliday v. McWilliams

Duffie, O.

The petition upon which the plaintiff seeks to recover states that in December, 1903, the defendant was the owner of a farm of about 520 acres in Platte county, Nebraska, and orally represented to plaintiff that he desired to trade said farm for town property or a stock of goods; that if plaintiff would find for him a trader for said land at prices, terms and conditions to be fixed by the defendant, and with whom defendant would consummate a suitable *325exchange, lie would pay the plaintiff the sum of $300 as a compensation; that the promise was' afterwards renewed and confirmed by…