Myres v. Seward

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Yazoo County, Mississippi, sustaining a demurrer of the appellees E. R. Seward and his Sister, Margaret S. Hendrix, to the bill of complaint filed by the appellant, J. S. Myres, to recover a 5% real estate commission on the sale of 2,080 acres of land in Holmes County, Mississippi. The plaintiff declined to plead further and a final judgment was entered dismissing the case.

The declaration alleged, in substance, that in April of 1955 the appellees listed the Christmas Place with the plaintiff as a real estate agent for sale at a price…