Lyle v. Moore

This appeal is from a judgment in plaintiff’s favor entered in the Twelfth Judicial District Court, Liberty County, the Honorable B.W. Thomas presiding without a jury.

Plaintiff, Dean Lyle, is a real estate broker and one-time close friend of defendants, Max and Pearl Moore. In early 1975, Lyle learned through a third party that the Moores were considering selling the portion of their farm located in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Lyle contacted the Moores and told them, among other things, that he knew a prospective purchaser who would pay more for the farm than they were thinking of…