Watson v. Odell
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District, Salt Lake County; Wilson McCarthy, Judge. Action by Edward IT. Watson against George T. O’Dell and others to recover a commission for procuring a purchaser for the property of an irrigation company. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff: appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeber, J.
The averments of the complaint are in substance (1) That on and prior to June 15, 1915, the Richlands Irrigation Company was a Utah corporation; (2) that the corporation owned certain water rights and real estate, consisting of an option to purchase 20,000 acre-feet of water from the Deseret Irrigation • Company, a preference right under the Carey Act of 10,800 acres of land in Millard county, and certain water rights and reservoir sites; (3) that the Richlands Company represented to plaintiff that it desired to sell its holdings to any one who would pay $260,000 for them; (4) that defendants…
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