Harrison v. Houston

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

Appellant sold a ranch for appellee on a commission of five percent, 'the purchaser paying seventy-two thousand dollars for it. A farm in Lamar County, known as the Williams farm, worth twenty-five thousand dollars, was part of the consideration, or, at least, was accepted by appellee at that price, but he refused to pay appellant any commission on that part of the consideration, claiming that he was justified by custom in so doing. A settlement of this controversy ensued, in which appellee paid appellant twenty-five hundred dollars; but, on a sale of the farm, a…