Mathews Bros. v. Bernius

Defendant purchased, with the authority of her husband, wholly upon terms of credit, a certain lot of ground in the city of New Orleans. This purchase was made on June 2, 1920. Some seven or eight years later, defendant concluded to sell the lot, and listed it with plaintiff for sale. A written offer was made plaintiff, on April 12, 1928, by F. T. Coburn, to purchase the property. Defendant accepted the'offer on the same day in writing, and in the same instrument bound herself to pay plaintiff a commission of four per cent, and the attorney’s fees and costs that might be incurred in enforcing…