Vanlandingham v. Jenkins

The appellee, W. A. Jenkins, was the owner of a house and lot in the City of Clarksdale, which he turned over to Holcomb and Longino, Inc., Real Estate Agents, for sale. He did so under what is known as an agency contract, a part of which was as follows: ‘ ‘ The title is good and abstract of title and taxes will be furnished at my expense.” Thereafter Charles Longino, Jr., of the real estate firm, contacted H. C. Vanlandingham and Ernest Vanlandingham, who are brothers, ■ and as a result thereof an agreement was reached between them. Under it, the Vanlandinghams were to buy Jenkins’ property…