Southport Mill, Ltd. v. Ansley

On July 26, 1923, the plaintiff offered to sell to George G. Friedrichs a certain island in Lake Pontchartrain, known as Isle des Coguilles, or Prevost Island, for the price of $100,000, payable cash. On October 10, 1923, Friedrichs accepted said offer, and notified plaintiff that he "had assigned his rights to the defendant, who had deposited in his hands $10,000 on account of the purchase price; one-half of which he retained as a commission on the sale, and the other half he sent to plaintiff.

After various delays and vain efforts on the part of plaintiff to get defendant to take title to…