DeCordova & Son v. Bahn

Hobby, Judge.

Suit by appellants to recover $1000 commissions alleged to be due them by appellee for the sale of lots numbers 1, 2,3, and 4, in block number 30, in the city of Austin, owned by appellee.

Appellants’ case as made by the testimony is that appellee sometime, prior to May 10, 1886, entered into a verbal contract with them by the. terms of which lots numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 in said block were placed in appellants’ hands for sale without limitation as to the time in which sale was to be made. If appellants sold lot 4 for $5000 they were to be allowed 5 per cent commission. If all of…