Grand Bay Land Co. v. Simpson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; Saffold Berney, Judge. Bill by J. M. Simpson against the Grand Bay Land Company. Judgment for complainant, and respondent appeals. The complainant forfeited all right to commissions by acting in bad faith. 88 Ala. 640, 7 South. 108, 7 L. R. A. 605, 16 Am.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; Saffold Berney, Judge. Bill by J. M. Simpson against the Grand Bay Land Company. Judgment for complainant, and respondent appeals. The complainant forfeited all right to commissions by acting in bad faith. 88 Ala. 640, 7 South. 108, 7 L. R. A. 605, 16 Am. St. Rep. 81; 142 Ala. 528, 39 South. 229; 151 Ala. 249, 44 South. 203; 107 Ala. 331, 18 South'. 277; 70 Ala. 318; 94 Ala. 608, 10 South. 209; 103 Ala. 394, 15 South. 956; 141 Ala. 504, 38 South. 641; 124 Ga. 958, 53 S. E. 462; 4 R. C. L. 276; 12 Mich. 339, 80 Am. Dec. 57. The complainant is not en…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The bill was for discovery and accounting for commissions alleged to be due appellee under a contract of employment by appellant, and for such other and further relief in the premises as complainant may be entitled to.
pi^caotmat.Pi-e^loyment averred in the bill is of date September 12, 1913, and stipulated:
“In accepting employment as a real estate broker for the Grand Bay Land Company, for the sale of its lands in the territory known as the ‘Mobile Department,’ upon the terms to be fixed by the company, I agree to the following: (1) That I will vigorously push the sales upon the terms and…
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