Ramsey v. Gibson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hill County; Horton B. Porter, Judge. Action by F. O. Gibson against J. S. Ramsey. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. In July,-1913, appellant was the owner of a farm consisting of 289.8 acres of land in I-Iili county, 21 or 22 miles from Hillsboro, which he had “listed” with real estate brokers in Grandview and Itasca for sale at $60 per acre.
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Appeal from District Court, Hill County; Horton B. Porter, Judge. Action by F. O. Gibson against J. S. Ramsey. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. In July,-1913, appellant was the owner of a farm consisting of 289.8 acres of land in I-Iili county, 21 or 22 miles from Hillsboro, which he had “listed” with real estate brokers in Grandview and Itasca for sale at $60 per acre. Afterwards he also authorized appellee to sell the land at that price, agreeing, if ap-pellee did sell it, to pay him a commission of 5 per cent. Joe P. Thompson and Guy Tarl-ton, as partners, were real estate…
1Opinion of the CourtWillson, C. J.
(after stating the facts as above).
[1-3] It is apparent from the statement above that there was testimony amply sufficient to support the findings made by the jury; and it is further apparent that the findings warranted the judgment rendered. The court did not err, we think, in refusing-to instruct the jury as to the meaning of the phrase “efficient or procuring cause.” The words are not technical, are in common use, and presumably their meaning was as accurately known to the jury as to the court.
The judgment is affirmed.
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