Morgan v. Hemphill

I cannot concur in the ruling that the trial court properly sustained the defendant’s plea of *231res judicata. The present suit seeks to recover on quantum meruit for work and services performed under an agreement between the parties made on January 20, 1958, whereby the defendant engaged the services of the petitioner as a real-estate broker to procure for him a contract of purchase and sale of his property as described in the petition. It is further alleged that .on January 23, 1958, a prospective purchaser procured by the plaintiff accepted the defendant’s written offer for sale of the…