Overshiner v. Palmer
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Hemphill County Court; J. L. Jennings, Judge. Action by W. A. Palmer against A. C. Over-shiner. Judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Palmer, the appellee, sued Overshiner, the appellant, for real estate commissions, alleged to have accrued by virtue of an express contract for the payment of 5 per cent. on account of the sale of 800 acres of land, as Overshiner's agent.
In certain preliminary negotiations between appellant and appellee, Overshiner priced 640 acres of the land at $12.50 per acre, and 160 acres of the land at $15 per acre, with a further reduction at a subsequent date to $11 per acre, for 640 acres, and $12.50 for the 160-acre tract. In the first reduction of price Overshiner stipulated that Palmer's…
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