Cronin v. American Securities Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery City. Court. Heard before Hon. William. H. Thomas. Action by T. P. Cronin against the American Securities Company. From a judgment in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from Montgomery City. Court. Heard before Hon. William. H. Thomas. Action by T. P. Cronin against the American Securities Company. From a judgment in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals. Tbe second count in the complaint is as follows: “The plaintiff claims of the defendant the further sum of $8,500, for this, to wit: That the said defendant, being in the business of selling cemetery lots in the Greenwood Cemetery, in Montgomery, Alabama, employed the plaintiff as a salesman on commission, and during such employment in the early part of 1908 offered to sell in said Greenwood Cemetery…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, J.-
This action was brought by the appellant against the appellee. All of the counts of the complaint, except count 2, were withdrawn. A demurrer to count 2 was sustained by the court, and upon this ruling the plaintiff was allowed to take a nonsuit, “with leave to assign said adverse ruling by the couri for error on appeal.” Hence the only question for consideration is the action of the court in sustaining the demurrer to said second count of the complaint.
It is not denied that the general principle is that an authority to sell land may be revoked at any time before sale, and that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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