Frierson v. Ewing

FELTS, J;

Complainant filed the bill herein to recover commissions for procuring for defendant a contract with Hoover & Mason Phosphate Company for the mining of phosphate on defendant’s land. Defendant filed a plea, styled a plea in abatement, averring that the suit was for commissions claimed by complainant as a real estate agent, that complainant had failed to comply with Code Sections 1712-1728, and that he was therefore disabled to maintain the suit. Complainant joined issue on this plea.

The cause was heard upon the bill, the plea, and the testimony of complainant, defendant, and the…