Sandefur v. Hines

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This action was brought by J. T. Sandefur to recover from H. H. Hines the sum of $500 as commission for procuring a purchaser for certain real estate of Hines’s in Coffeyville. Defendant denied that Sandefur was his agent or that he had been employed to sell the land, and when plaintiff had rested the trial court sustained a demurrer to his evidence.

*169The only question presented here is, Did the testimony, when viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiff, tend to show his employment by the defendant to find a purchaser for the real…