Shaul v. Merchants & Farmers Bank of Meridian

SMITH, Justice.

The appellant, J. A. “Art” Shaul, filed his bill of complaint against appellee, Merchants & Farmers Bank of Meridian, Mississippi, Individually, and as Successor Trustee of the Estate of A. H. Cooper, Deceased, in the Chancery Court of Lauder-dale County. Shaul demanded judgment against the bank for $18,388.50, alleged to be due him as a five percent real estate broker’s commission on the sale of certain land belonging to the trust estate.

From a decree sustaining a general demurrer to the bill, this appeal has been prosecuted.

The facts upon which appellant relies to sustain his…