House v. . Abell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Kerr, J., at the January Term, 1921, of Halifax. Civil action to recover $3,000, with interest, as an amount alleged to be due plaintiff for commission in affecting a sale of the timber on a certain tract belonging to defendants. The court being of opinion that plaintiff was entitled to recover on the facts admitted in the pleadings, judgment was so entered, and defendants excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoee, J.
Plaintiff filed his complaint, duly verified, in terms as follows:
COMPLAINT.
The plaintiff, complaining of the defendant, alleges:
1. That the plaintiff is a resident of the county of Halifax, State of North Carolina, and the defendants are residents of the county of Johnston, State of North Carolina.
2. That on 9 April, 1920, the defendants wrote plaintiff the following-letter :
Smitheield, N. G., 9 April, 1920.
Me. A. 0. House, 'Weldon, N. 0.
Deab Sib: — We agree to pay you tbe sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) to make sale for us of. our tract of timber near Clinton, N. C., at the price and…
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