Horton v. Tway

Horton Brothers, a firm composed of O. E. & M. C. Horton, brought suit against Mrs. Mary L. Tway, alleging that the defendant authorized them to secure a loan on certain property for her, and that after they secured a loan for the defendant she refused to close the transaction, and as a result of such refusal the plaintiffs sustained a loss of $825 commissions. The bill of exceptions assigns error upon the direction of a verdict for the defendant, and upon the ruling out of evidence of three documents, viz.: a writing purporting to authorize Horton Brothers to procure a loan; a writing…