Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank of Dallas v. Magee

This suit was brought by D.E. Magee against Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank of Dallas to recover a real estate broker's commission for the sale of an oil and gas mining lease on certain land owned by the defendant in Titus County. Trial before a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff for the sum of $1462.50. The defendant appealed.

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant owned two certain tract of land in Titus County, containing a total of 65.81 acres; that the defendant, through its agent Riley, employed plaintiff to find a purchaser for an oil and gas mining lease on said land,…