Roberts v. Wright

HALLEY, Justice.

The parties occupy the same positions here as in the trial court and will be referred to as there or by name.

The plaintiffs were-brokers in Oklahoma City and were endeavoring to obtain a hospital for certain doctors. Plaintiff Roberts had talked to Dr. Harper Wright in regard to sale and purchase of Capitol Hill General Hospital, Inc. Dr. Wright died on or about May 30, 1953, testate. His wife, Fay L. Wright, was sole beneficiary under his will. At the time of Dr. Wright’s death he owned twenty-seven shares of stock and his wife one and one-half shares. Dr. Alvin R. Jackson…