Messman v. Lower
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Garfield County; J. C. Robberts, Judge. Action by L. E. Messman against Wood Lower and others to recover certain items of expense incurred by plaintiff incident to the purchase of land from certain of defendants. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PITOHFORD, Y. C. J.
This action was commenced in the court below by plaintiff in error against defendants in error to recover judgment for $163.97. The evidence discloses substantially the following facts :
One H. H. Lower died, seized and possessed of a certain 160-acre farm in Garfield county, Oklahoma. The heirs of the deceased, who were nonresidents of Oklahoma, placed the farm in hands or one Walter Jeff-ries for the purpose of procuring a purchaser therefor. The terms upon which the property was to be sold were to be $7,000 cash, and in the event a purchaser was procured upon these terms,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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