Ford v. Shaffer
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Second. Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge; H. F. Brunot, Judge. Action by Julius C. Ford against Mrs. Mary A. Shaffer and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The defendant appeals from a judgment condemning her to pay the plaintiff a broker’s commission for the sale of her plantation.
She agreed to pay the commission if the plaintiff should bring about a sale, or procure a purchaser, at $40 an acre for the land, including the cattle on the place.
The plaintiff visited the plantation with a prospective purchaser, a Mr. Pabacher, and introduced him to the defendant; but the public road leading to the place was then in very bad condition, the automobile bogged, the men had to get out and walk, and Mr. Pabacher was so disgusted when he arrived at the…
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