White v. Jouett

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Miller —

Reversing.

This is an action by Edward S. Jonett against John Gr. White, to recover one-third of the commissions received by White as compensation for selling 14,589 acres of coal and timber land in Leslie, Harlan and Letcher Counties, for the Burt & Brabb Lumber Company. For many years prior to 1909, Jouett had been the attorney at Winchester, Ky., for the Burt & Brabb Lumber Company. He was also a nominal stockholder and director in that company. The Burt & Brabb Lumber Company, of Kentucky, had bought the Kentucky lands of the Burt & Brabb Lumber…