Tant v. Gee

John Tant instituted this action against E.B. Gee for the specific performance of a written contract to sell and convey certain described lands in New Madrid County, Missouri, upon, among other things, the payment of $2400, principal amount; plaintiff's petition alleging performance and seeking a credit of $1320 on the aforesaid consideration by reason of alleged real estate commissions earned in connection with the sale of three certain tracts of land in a total sum of $1320, viz., $40 on the sale of a forty-acre tract at the rate of $1 per acre, which credit defendant does not dispute, and…