Stafford v. Smith

PEDEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from the granting of a summary judgment in favor of defendants in a suit for real estate brokers’ commission.

J. D. Stafford, d/b/a Stafford Realty Company, J. L. Prideaux and W. R. Now-lin, who are licensed real estate brokers, brought this suit to recover a commission plus exemplary damages and attorneys’ fees under an agreement to sell “Riverby Ranch” in Fannin County, Texas, for its owners, Lloyd Smith, Trustee, and Mrs. Carolyn Wiess Francis Law. Mrs. Law’s husband, Theo N. Law, was joined as a party defendant. The sale was to include approximately 11,000…