Cales v. Pattison

This is an action brought by the plaintiff, R. C. Pattison, to recover $200 for and on account of the sale of certain real property of O. J. Cales, defendant, as commission for said sale.

The petition alleges that plaintiff and defendant entered into an oral contract by the terms of which defendant agreed to pay the plaintiff $100 for the sale of said property for $4,500, or $200 for the sale of the property for $5,000; that plaintiff found a purchaser, to wit, the Olson Drilling Company, who purchased said property for a consideration of $5,000 by a conveyance of the real property from the…