Higinbotham v. McKenzie

These plaintiffs began this action against the defendant in the district court for Adams county to recover commissions upon the sale of the defendant’s ranch. The trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiffs have appealed.

In October, 1906, Thomas M. Jones, one of these plaintiffs, who was then residing at or near Hastings, met the defendant at Madrid, near which town the defendant’s ranch was situated, and told the defendant his business, which he testified was “handling western Nebraska land, selling land,” and the defendant thereupon told him that he wanted to…