Shawver v. Ewing

AMIDON, District Judge.

Ewing brought this action as plaintiff against defendants to recover commissions which he claims to have earned as a broker in their service. Defendants were the owners of an oil lease on a quarter section of land. The property was already producing oil, and other wells had been drilled to a point which would soon disclose whether the entire property was productive or not. On the 28th day of January, 1922, defendants executed the following agreement:

“This agreement, made and entered into this 28th day of January, 1922, by and between E. B. Shawver and O. E. Sutter,…