Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Johnston

Appellee J. W. Johnston filed this suit against appellant, Humble Oil Refining Company, and against E. W. Jarman, W. C. Guyler, L. A. Smith, H. H. Groneman, and C. A. Groneman, to recover $308 which appellee Johnston alleged was due him by the partnership of Jarman, Smith Guyler as a commission which he had earned in the sale of certain mineral estates belonging to them to appellant, Humble Oil Refining Company. He alleged that appellant had purchased from said Jarman, Smith Guyler certain mineral estates for $3,080; that he was entitled to a 10 per cent. commission thereon, and that said…