Earls and Golladay v. Alsup

This is a suit for a commission for the sale of land. The petition stated in substance that defendant employed plaintiffs to find and produce a purchaser for his farm for a consideration of $11,000 net to the defendant, plaintiffs to receive as commission all above that amount for their services. The answer admits that the farm was sold for $12,000 to A. Guiling, but denies that defendant employed plaintiffs to sell the same and denies that they made the sale. There was a trial by jury and a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs in the amount of $250, from which judgment plaintiffs duly appeal.

T…