Melton v. Story

GRAY, J., pro tem.

In this action to recover a commission for procuring a purchaser of realty bonds appellant seeks a reversal of an adverse judgment, based upon a verdict, on the ground that an instruction, erroneously construing an alleged contract between such purchaser and respondents, directed a verdict against him on the issue of performance. As the appeal presents no issue as to the employment, it is sufficient to say that the uncontroverted testimony shows that at a meeting of appellant and respondents Story and Powers, the former was employed for a commission to procure a purchaser of…