Creighton v. Huggins

Minor W. Millwee, Associate Justice.

This is a suit by appellee, James C. Huggins, for specific performance of a contract under which the appellants, J. L. Creighton and wife, were to sell him a house and lot in Jonesboro, Arkansas, for $6,000. Appellee, Donald E. Gilbert, who executed the sales contract on behalf of the appellants, joined in the suit, claiming a 5% commission of the agreed purchase price was due him as a licensed real estate broker employed by the appellants. In their answer appellants alleged that appellees sought by parol evidence and circumstances to modify and alter the…