Stanford v. Wilie, Carpenter McClelland

We adopt appellant’s statement of the nature and result of the suit, which shows that:

“This is a suit by appellees for the recovery of commissions, in which appellees allege, in substance, that they, as agents of appellant, procured the execution of a written contract between appellant, their principal, and T. E. Prunty, for the exchange of certain real estate, and that by so doing they had earned their commissions. Appellant answered, admitting the execution of said contract for the exchange of properties with T. B. Prunty, but alleged further that said contract was only a preliminary step…