Judy v. Lentz

The plaintiff brought an action against defendants to recover commission due him on an oral contract for obtaining certain oil and gas leases for defendants. The plaintiff claims it was agreed that he would be paid the sum of $50,000 for obtaining such oil and gas leases on behalf of defendants if any one of the leases resulted in the discovery of a gas field. The plaintiff did obtain a number of leases on defendants’ behalf, and defendants subsequently struck gas under one of these leases.

Defendants admitted the existence of an agreement to obtain the leases, but denied that they ever agreed…