El Dorado Real Estate Co. v. Garrett

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

This litigation involves a broker’s commission. Appellant, El Dorado Real Estate Company, Inc., a licensed real estate broker, instituted suit against A. B. Garrett for the recovery of a commission in the amount of $2,625.00 as the balance due on a total commission of $3,300.00, appellant contending that this commission had been earned pursuant to a contract entered into between the parties. On March 7, 1963, Mr. Garrett directed a letter to Mrs. Annie Laurie Dickinson, who operates the El Dorado Real Estate Company, Inc., in which he said:

“This is to serve as…