Langford v. King Lumber & Manufacturing Co.

Defendant in error listed for sale with the plaintiff in error two tracts of land in DeSoto and Hardee Counties at a price of $50.00 per acre. The terms of sale were one-fourth cash and the balance in one, two, and three years, a commission of five per cent, to be allowed for making the sale. Plaintiff in error produced a buyer, the sale was consummated on the terms stated, and the cash payment was made.

Before the sale was made plaintiff in error engaged one, J. W. McCoy, to help him secure a buyer and promised to split commission with him. Through means not necessary to recite other parties…