Meadows v. Hughes

PITTS, Chief Justice.

This is a suit on an alleged debt appellee, E. Sidney Hughes, claimed was due him by appellant, E. O. Meadows, by reason of an alleged oral contract between the two parties agreeing to divide equally a broker’s commission as a result of the sale of certain mineral interests, which in law constituted a sale of real estate. Hager v. Stakes, 116 Tex. 453, 294 S.W. 835, 842; Lockhart v. Williams, 144 Tex. 553, 192 S.W.2d 146, 149. The case was tried to the court without a jury as a result of which judgment was rendered awarding appellee judgment against appellant for the sum…