Keener v. Cleveland

W. H. Keener sued J. D. Smoot in the district court of Comanche county, Tex., to recover a commission on the sale of an oil and gas lease by Smoot to the American Profit Sharing Company, represented in the purchase by I. S. Broyles. Keener made C. J. Cleveland á party defendant, alleging that he was also asserting claim to the commission. Smoot answered to the effect that he had listed the lease with both Keener and Cleveland, that the sale had been made, and acknowledged his obligation to pay the commission, with request that the court determine who was entitled to same. Cleveland by…