Thompson v. Caldwell

This is a suit in which Joe J. •Caldwell and A. R. Blowers, plaintiffs below, appellees here, sued J. J. Thompson, appellant, for a commission due them by reason ■of an alleged performance under a brokerage contract. Their contention was that Thompson listed with them for sale his individual stock in the Lone Star Stage Company, a •corporation, and that they procured a purchaser for the same upon the terms of the listing contract. The trial was before the court and jury, and upon answers to special issues a judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiffs for a sum equal to 5 per cent, of the…