Nance v. Sexton

Plaintiff’s action is for damages alleged to have accrued to him by reason of defendant having repudiated a sale and exchange of farms and refused to carry out the contract. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the evidence and judgment was rendered for defendant.

It appears that plaintiff was a real estate agent residing in Stoddard county in southeast Missouri and that defendant was a farmer residing in Macon county, in the northeast part of the same State. Plaintiff frequently went about the State in pursuit of his business. He met defendant in Macon City the county seat of Macon County…