Calhoun v. Eysenbach
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from Tulsa County Court; N. J. 'Gubser, Judge. Action by Oscar K. Eysenbach against H. C. Calhoun to recover a commission for the sale of real estate. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
AMES, C.
The only question involved in this case is whether an ordinance of the city of Tulsa requiring real estate brokers to pay a license tax, and providing that it shall be a misdemeanor to engage in the business without the payment of the tax, prevents a broker, who has not paid the license from recovering on a contract under which he has earned his 'commission. The issue is determined against the defendant by the case of Hughes v. Snell, 28 Okla. 828, 115 Pac. 1105, 34 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1133, and it is unnecessary to examine the numerous authorities cited in the able brief of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hughes v. SnellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
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