Platts v. Thompson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action to recover a commission on the sale of a half interest in a large tract of land in Florida, and also for a commission for the service of procuring a sales-agency contract on the remaining half interest in the same property.

It appears that the defendant, Erie W. Thompson, was a dealer in lands and owner of vast tracts of real estate in Florida and elsewhere. Plaintiff was a real-estate agent, and in the last few years had negotiated several sales of land for plaintiff. His commission was $1 per acre on all such sales.

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