Colvin v. Chadwick

This was a suit by K. U. Chadwick and Mark Raley, doing business as realtors or real estate brokers, against O. V. Colvin, for a commission for the alleged sale or exchange of a house and lot in Fort Worth. After the plaintiffs had testified at length, the plaintiffs rested. Thereupon defendant filed a motion for a peremptory instruction, and the plaintiffs joined issue, and submitted a motion for a peremptory instruction for plaintiffs. In plaintiffs' motion it was stated that defendant had requested the case to be taken from the jury and instruct a verdict for defendant, but defendant's…