Mann Commission Co. v. Ball

In its original petition the Mann Commission Company, styled a private corporation, sued Elbridge Ball, of Cooke county, for commission for the sale of a ranch of 19,158 acres in San Saba county, which the plaintiff alleged defendant had listed with it at a price of $13 an acre, payable one-fourth in cash and the balance on terms to suit the purchaser, and appellee agreed to pay 5 per cent, commission should a sale be made of said land.'

Plaintiff alleged that on or about October 1, 1927, at great expense, effort, and trouble, it carried a purchaser for said ranch from San Angelo, Tex., to San…