Buffington v. Lyons
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Cabell County. Action by P. C. Buffington and others against John E. Lyons. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
PoüTENJSARGER, JUDGE :
This case involves only rulings upon instructions and a motion to set aside a verdict for the defendant in an action by agents to recover commissions on a sale of timber, alleged to have been made by them or through their efforts.
Lyons authorized Buffington and McVay, by a written instrument, dated August 16, 1906, to sell certain Raleigh county timber for him, on land known as the “Prince Tract,” for $31,-000.00, and thereby agreed that they might have, as commission for their services, all they could obtain for it in excess of said sum, but their agency was not made…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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