Bailey v. Sutton

Appellant was the plaintiff in the lower court. He sued appellee (defendant below) for insurance commissions lost because the appellee refused to buy insurance from appellant on the Southern Hotel building in Fort Smith. At the conclusion of the evidence for the plaintiff the circuit court directed a verdict for the defendant; and this appeal challenges the correctness of that order.

The plaintiff was engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Fort Smith, and negotiated the sale of the Southern Hotel building from the owner to the Fort Smith Realty Company, in which the defendant was…