McLeod v. W. C. Gaither

Leon Prine, Solon G. Wilson and George A. McLeod owned 17,600 acres of land in Pasco County, Florida, which they sold through McLeod to W. L. Stanley and associates for $35.00 per acre. W. C. Gaither, a real estate broker of Tampa, Florida, brought Stanley to McLeod pursuant to the terms of a verbal contract he had with McLeod to produce a purchaser for the lands. It appears that McLeod promised Gaither $3.50 per acre or ten per cent on the sale price to produce a purchaser ready, able and willing to buy.

It also appears that McLeod had secured an agreement with Prine and Wilson to use $5.00…