Stoer v. Pearson

Suit by real estate broker, claiming commission on sale, negotiated, but not consummated, due to a mistake on the part of the defendant as to the time during which a lease had to run.-

Mrs. Polly Cole Pearson employed Newt B. Stoer by correspondence and exchange of letters to sell certain improved real estate belonging to her, situated in the city of Shreveport. The plaintiff is a real estate broker, duly licensed and authorized to engage in that business, and in this instance he engaged to find a purchaser on a commission basis.

Mrs. Pearson states in her letters to Mr. Stoer on the subject…