Tidwell v. Cheshier

The respondent filed this suit against petitioner to recover a commission of 5% alleged to be due under the terms of a written contract signed by John D. Tidwell, as seller; H. E. Redden, as purchaser, and L. A. Cheshier, agent. The petition included a prayer for attorney’s fees.

The trial court, without the intervention of a jury, rendered judgment that respondent take nothing by his suit. The Court of Civil Appeals has reversed and rendered judgment in favor of respondent to the extent of allowing him a recovery for the commission sued for; otherwise, the judgment of the trial court was…