Hoggatt v. John

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

John S. Hoggatt, who is a real estate broker, claims that the defendant, T. John, violated a contract to lease to S. H. Kress & Co., of New York, certain commercial property in Monroe, La., and thereby deprived Hoggatt of his brokerage commission, amounting to $4,900. He is suing also for $60 for the cost of a survey of the property. He claims that T. John had agreed to pay him $2,400 brokerage commission, and that S. H. Kress & Co., had agreed to pay him $2,400 brokerage commission, and that he earned the commissions when he procured, as a lessee, a responsible party,…