Beck v. Neal

Minor W. Millwee, Associate Justice.

This is a suit by the appellant, Ray Beck, doing business as Beck Realty Company, to recover a real estate broker’s commission claimed to have been earned upon the sale of a farm by the owners and appellees, C. S. Neal and wife, after the termination of an exclusive listing contract executed by the parties. Trial resulted in a decree dismissing appellant’s complaint on several grounds.

After the appellees bad previously listed their 160-acre farm with another agent and had advertised it for sale themselves over an extended period without success, the parties…