J. C. Penny Co. v. Grist

This suit was brought by the appellee, J. K. Grist, against appellant, J. C. Penny Company, Inc., in one of the district courts of Jefferson county, to recover a brokerage commission for the sum of $2,292, with interest thereon at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum from June 22, 1925, which appel-lee alleged was due him by appellant for services rendered by appellee as a broker in securing and procuring for appellant a lease on a certain store building in the city of Beaumont, Jefferson county, Tex., from one L. Perl, the owner of the store building. It was. alleged, in substance, by appellee…