Dickson v. Kelley

BOYCE, Justice.

The appellants, C. L. Dickson and J. B. Walker, brought this suit against the ap-pellees, Wayne Kelley and Mrs. Rosa Kelley, a widow, to recover a five percent commission on $30,000, alleged to be due by virtue of appellants’ efforts in procuring a purchaser for 334 acres of land in Hock-ley County. The action was founded upon a written instrument executed by Wayne Kelley in which he appointed C. L. Dickson his agent to sell the land. It was stipulated that appellees had conveyed 334 acres of land, described in the stipulation, in Hockley County to Dene R. Headstream for a…