Markman v. Gaitz

PEDEN, Justice.

Defendants appeal from a judgment on a jury verdict based on the concept of compromise and settlement in favor of real estate broker J. J. Gaitz for damages of $4800, exemplary damages of $2500 and attorney’s fees of $2500.

This case was the subject of a prior appeal to the 14th Court of Civil Appeals. The opinion in that matter is published at 482 S.W.2d 391 (1972, no writ).

We review the allegations made in the plaintiff’s petition: As a real estate broker he entered into an agreement in September, 1969 with defendants Isaac Tapper and Harry Pepper, partners, to sell three of…