Thompson v. Ferguson Turnley

The pleadings and evidence show that the appellant, J. H. Thompson, owned a lot in Amarillo, Tex., and was building a house on the property, which he listed for sale with plaintiffs, N.C. Ferguson and G. H. Turnley, real estate brokers, at $6,250, stating that, in the event he got as much as $1,000 cash, he might sell for $6,000, and that upon completion of the house he would look over his bills to see if he could take $6,000. Thereupon plaintiffs undertook to find a purchaser and succeeded in procuring one H. C. Egbert, to whom the defendant conveyed the property for the sum of $6,000.…