Nelms v. Shotola

CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Justice.

Frank Shotola, a licensed real estate broker, brought this action against O. L. Nelms seeking a judgment to recover commission for the sale of real estate. Dallas Title & Guaranty Company was made a party defendant by virtue of its acting as escrow agent in the real estate transaction but this defendant was dismissed on motion of plaintiff.

In his unverified petition Shotola alleged that as a real estate broker and agent for Nelms he obtained a purchaser for a tract of land owned by Nelms which supported his claim for the recovery of real estate commissions of two and…