Myers v. Coleman
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Clay county. Hon. J. T. Dunn, Judge. Myers and another, brokers, doing business under tire co-partnership nanle of Myers & Xing, appellants, were plaintiffs in the court below; Colenran, appellee, was .defendant there. From a judgment in defendant’s favor the plaintiffs appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the circuit court of Clay county. Hon. J. T. Dunn, Judge. Myers and another, brokers, doing business under tire co-partnership nanle of Myers & Xing, appellants, were plaintiffs in the court below; Colenran, appellee, was .defendant there. From a judgment in defendant’s favor the plaintiffs appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Coleman made a contract with appellants, real estate brokers, agreeing to pay a stipulated commission to them if they should sell Coleman’s land. The sale was affected, and appellee and appellants reduced the terms…
1Opinion of the CourtCalhoon, J.
This is an action by appellants to recover $85 of commissions from Coleman which they aver he owes them for the sale of cer*230tain land of his at the price of $1,700; their commissions being five per cent of the amount of the sale.
It is shown by the testimony of the appellants themselves as witnesses that the following are the facts: The written contract itself is without date, but was made after the sale is alleged to. have been made. The alleged sale occurred.on some day between the 1st and the 10th of September, 1906, and the contract on which recovery is sought to. be had is in the following…
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