Ferguson v. Conklin

Lee Conklin sued C. C. Ferguson and R. M. Dunn, alleging in substance: That Ferguson and Dunn were partners doing business as real estate brokers under the firm name of Ferguson & Dunn. That the owner of section 118, block M-7, employed the defendants to procure a purchaser for said land at $37.50 .per acre, after which Ferguson agreed with plaintiff, Conklin, that, if the latter would aid in procuring a purchaser, the defendants would divide commissions with plaintiff or “whack” the commissions. That by dividing x>r “whacking” was meant that the firm would pay plaintiff one-half of all…