McClory v. Schneider

The appellee, Schneider, claiming commission as a broker, sued appellant, McClory, and nine other individuals to recover the sum of $29,300. Later he filed a first "amended original petition in which he abandoned his suit against all of the defendants except the appellant, McClory, who he alleged was a stockholder, officer, and director of certain corporations, viz. Pampa Pipe Line Company, Pampa Refining Company, and Grayco Gasoline Company; that he employed plaintiff as broker to find a purchaser for the properties and assets of the refining and pipe line companies, who would be ready,…