Jones v. Buck

Plaintiff alleges that he entered into an. express oral contract with defendant, whereby he undertook to furnish a purchaser for defendant’s farm, for which service he was to receive compensation at the rate of $1 per acre of land sold. The defendant denies the claim stated in the petition, and denies that plaintiff found or furnished a purchaser for his land. There is but little real conflict in the testimony as to most of the material facts. The defendant owned a farm in Johnson County, but at the time in question had gone away, leaving his business interests there to the oversight of his…