Haggart v. King

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The appeal is from an order sustaining a demurrer to the defendant’s answer.

The plaintiff sued to recover a commission for selling real estate. The defendant, who lived in California, owned land in Ottawa county, Kansas. The plaintiff lived at Salina. In answer to an inquiry by plaintiff, the defendant wrote, stating his terms and that he would be pleased to have the plaintiff sell the land; and in a second letter, dated October 12, 1918, wrote that he would sell the land for $3,800 net, if sold at once, and told the plaintiff to “get in…