Taylor v. A. Read

FISHER, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by Read against Taylor, originally brought in the Justice’s Court for the sum of $146.20, in which court Read recovered judgment. Hpon appeal by appellant to the County Court, judgment was there rendered in Read’s favor for the amount sued for. -

Plaintiff, in his pleadings in the Justice Court, alleged as his cause of action “that, under a contract with defendant, plaintiff sold his farm in Brown County, Texas, on which defendant lived, on or about August 1, 1906, the understanding and agreement being that plaintiff was to receive a commission of five per…