Closner v. Gannaway
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the CourtPly, C. J.
A general demurrer was sustained to a petition filed by appellant in which he sought to recover commissions for Obtaining a lessee for certain property. The allegations show that the lessee was the Edinburg Amusement Company, which it appears had not been actively organized or chartered. The allegations of the petition must, when assailed by a general demurrer, be taken as true. The petition alleges the employment of appellant by appel-lees to procure a lessee for certain lots, Nos. 7, 8, and 9, in Edinburg, Tex., and a certain building to be erected thereon by appellees. Appellant obtained…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Conkling v. KrakauerTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- J. B. Watkins Land Mortgage Co. v. ThetfordCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1906
- Roderick v. ElliottCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1929
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