Long v. Griffith
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Clay county. HoN. T. B. Carroll, Judge. Suit by J. C. Long against T. J. Griffith. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Clay county. HoN. T. B. Carroll, Judge. Suit by J. C. Long against T. J. Griffith. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Appellee does not deny the contract, in writing, and as modified by oral agreement and that the sale was immediately made in pursuance of that contract to the purchaser Taylor brought there by Long and that the sale was effectuated by Long’s efforts under the contract. It is not denied that both parties to this contract fully understood that Long himself was not to buy the…
1Opinion of the CourtEthRidge, J.
T. J. Griffith owned certain lands near West Point, Miss., containing about six hundred and eighty acres. J. C. Long was a real estate man in West Point, Miss., and Long approached Griffith with a proposition of making a sale of Griffith’s place. Griffith agreed that Long should sell the place if he could get fifteen dollars per acre plus five hundred dollars for the place and also that any excess of that amount was to go to Long as compensation for his services in the matter. Long secured one Taylor from New Dover, Ohio, to buy the premises in question. A contract was drawn up between…
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