Morrison v. Gosnell

Epperson, C.

This action was instituted in the district court for Harlan county by the plaintiff, a real estate broker. The facts alleged in the'petition are substantially as follows: The plaintiff was employed by the defendants, Drew and Woodward, to sell their land, consisting of 420 acres. In the event of a sale through the plaintiff’s agency, the said defendants, by parol, agreed to conyey to plaintiff a ten-acre tract of land as his commission. The plaintiff procured a purchaser for the land, and said defendants and the purchaser entered into a written contract for the sale and purchase…