Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank of Dallas v. Colbert

LESLIE, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, T. R. Colbert, instituted' this suit against the Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank, a corporation, to recover a broker’s commission for services alleged to have been rendered' the defendant in the sale of 8,117 acres of land, known as the “R. V. Colbert ranch” in Jones, and Haskell counties. The trial was before the court and jury and upon answers of the latter to special issues a judgment was rendered for the plaintiff. The bank appeals.

The verdict of the jury finds (1) that G. D. Gay, vice president of the bank, employed plaintiff, T. R. Colbert, to sell the…