Tidwell v. Hines

1. Construing the contract sued on as giving to the plaintiff an option to purchase within a stipulated period of time the real estate therein mentioned, it does not appear that within such time he availed himself of his right by offering to purchase upon the terms stipulated.

2. But construing the contract as one authorizing the plaintiff to act as a real-estate broker for the defendant, to procure for the latter a purchaser for the real estate therein mentioned, a nonsuit was properly awarded.

3. Even assuming that the person to whom the owner himself directly sold the property was one with…