Rogers v. McMillen

H. S. Rogers, defendant in the trial court, has appealed from a judgment in favor of D. W. McMillen, plaintiff, for the sum of six hundred and forty dollars. For cause of action plaintiff alleged that he was employed by defendant to procure a purchaser for one hundred and sixty acres of land belonging to the latter, and that as a part of the contract of employment it was agreed that the compensation which plaintiff should receive for any sale which plaintiff might negotiate would be the excess in the selling price over and above sixteen dollars per acre. It was further averred that plaintiff…