Philip A. Ryan Lumber Co. v. Conn

This suit was brought by the appellee, E. J. Conn, against Philip A.’ Ryan as an individual and the Philip A. Ryan Lumber Company, a' corporation, to recover a brokerage commission alleged by appellee to be due him for his services in behalf of appellants in effecting a sale of their sawmill plant located near the city of Lufkin in Angelina county. Appellee alleged:

“That on and prior to the 9th day of April, A. D. 1926, plaintiff was a real estate agent engaged in the business of procuring purchasers and making sales of land and other property for others, and on said date the defendants…