Stroble v. Tearl

The respondent as plaintiff below brought this suit against the petitioner as defendant for a commission on a lease of the Texan Cafe business located in leased premises in Austin, Texas. There is no written agreement to pay a commission. Petitioner contends that this transaction was a sale of real estate under Sec. 22, Art. 6573a, Vernon’s Ann. Civ. Stat. as amended, and respondent cannot recover.

There is a further controversy as to the evidence to sustain the jury’s finding that respondent was the procuring cause of the sale, but in view of our disposition of this cause, same becomes…