Jackson v. Biggerstaff Perkins

Appellees sued appellant in the court below, alleging they were employed by appellant to sell or exchange appellant’s lands, and that in pursuance of such employment they did find a purchaser, who agreed in writing to buy said lands on terms accepted by appellant, but which agreement appellant refused to comply with. Prayer was for the commissions or fees, agreed upon.

Appellant’s defense was that he was not liable for the commissions, because appel-lees’ customer breached the contract and refused to comply with its provisions, and because the contract between appellant and appellees’…