Hensley Insurance Co. v. Echols

TAYLOR, Associate Justice:

This is an appeal by the plaintiff below from an adverse judgment. The parties will for convenience be referred to herein as plaintiff and defendant.

The plaintiff, Hensley Insurance Company, sued J. T. Echols for a commission claimed to be due in connection with an uncompleted sale of certain land in Hillsborough County.

The decision is based upon a clause appearing in a purported written contract between the plaintiff, as relator, N. D. Howell and wife, as buyers, and John T. Echols, as seller, which contract provides in detail for the sale of described property by…