Minor v. First National Bank

*667The opinion of the court was delivered by

JohNstoN, C. J.:

This was an action to recover an amount alleged to be due G. E. Minor on an oil and gas transaction and out of a fund that had been deposited in escrow with the bank. It appears that Mott & Kohler, and Steiert & Missimore, owned oil and gas leases covering 4,080 acres while Minor, the plaintiff, was a broker dealing in such leases. The owners made an oral contract with Minor to find a purchaser for the leases, the terms of which are in dispute. Minor claimed that the owners were to have $10 per acre for the acreage, $35,000 was to be…