Frye v. Warren

The .plaintiff (appellant) filed a petition in the circuit court of Newton county seeking specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate alleged to have been entered into between William C. Warren and his wife Mary Warren on the one side and Thomas F. Coyne on the other, Coyne being the alleged prospective buyer. The theory of his cause of action is, as shown by his petition, that plaintiff acquired an interest in the transaction by reason of his having negotiated a sale of the real estate; that is, he claimed a two thousand dollar interest, that *193being the difference between…