McCurry v. Hawkins

This is an action by W. T. Hawkins, a real estate agent, against J. A. McCurry to recover the sum of $145 as his fees for procuring a purchaser for a lease of land which McCurry had authorized him to sell. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Hawkins for the amount of his claim, and McCurry appealed.

The facts are that McCurry was an auctioneer, and had leased a store room in Hot Springs, Arkansas, from Mrs. Baird, the owner, in which he carried on his business. This lease had from the first of November, 1905, fifty months or over four years to run. During October of that year McCurry…