Carter v. Hall & Martin

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hurt

Affirming.

The appellees, J. T. Hall and W. A. Martin, partners, were engaged in the business of real estate brokerage, and the appellant, W. W. Carter, on a day in the month of August, 1919, listed a farm with them for sale, under a contract, which according to the allegations of the petition as amended, obligated the appellees to exert reasonable diligence on their part to secure a purchaser for the farm between the date of the contract and the first day of January, 1920, and in consideration of same, the appellant covenanted to pay them a commission…