Sugar Field Oil Co. v. Carter

This suit was instituted by the Sugar Field Oil Co., Inc., against Reese E. Carter and against Frank L. Hereford, individually and as the trustee and agent of Carter and his creditors, to recover in solido the sum of $25,000 allegedly due the plaintiff as its commission for services rendered in securing a purchaser for Carter's properties, in conformity with an oral agreement between the plaintiff and defendants; and, in the alternative, to recover this amount for the services rendered on a quantum meruit basis. Pending a determination of the issues involved, the plaintiff sought a…