Billingsly v. Swenson Land Company
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Parmer County. Tried below before Hon. W. L. Townsen.
1Opinion of the Court
KEY, Associate Justice.
— The Swenson Land Company brought this suit against Mrs. Flora E. Billingsly and her husband, L. K. Billingsly. The petition upon which the case was tried alleged that the plaintiff was a broker engaged in selling real estate for others on commission, and that Mrs. Billingsly, who was a married woman, authorized the plaintiff to sell a certain tract of land, the separate property of Mrs. Billingsly; that by the terms of the contract the land was to be sold for $15.50 per acre, net to Mrs. Billingsly, and the plaintiff was to have all over that sum as a commission for…
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