Dunn v. Madden

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

Jessie Dunn recovered a judgment against John Madden and C. E. Cooper, as commission for finding a purchaser for a royalty interest in oil and gas production from a certain tract of land, and defendants appeal.

It appears that C. E. Cooper had procured a ten-day option on the royalty from the owner at a price of $25,000 and desired to sell it an an advanced price, and $40,000 was named as his selling price. It was alleged that he proposed to the plaintiff *95who was acting as stenographer in the office of the defendants, that if she could…