Glendon Investments, Inc. v. Brooks

OPINION

WARREN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered against BB & Y Petroleum Resources, Inc. for breach of an oral contract by failing to pay Don May, agent for appellant Glendon Investments, Inc., a portion of a finder’s fee allegedly due from the sale of the Cities Service Building in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

In 1982, Occidental Petroleum merged with Cities Services. Several years before the merger, Cities Service decided to build a large building and garage that would house its world-wide headquarters. At some time before or after the merger, Occidental, the dominant company, decided…