Brandon v. Pritchett

In a suit for the specific performance of an alleged contract for the sale of land, the evidence showed the following: The defendant, the owner of the land in question, gave written authority, good for three days from date, to one Grier, a member of the firm of Hightower, Grier & Co., engaged in the *291real estate business, to sell the lot of land at a stipulated price. 'There was no consideration for the writing, and no interest in the land claimed by the agent, Grier. On the evening of the same day •on which the paper was given, the defendant sent a messenger to ■Grier, requesting that the…