Cohen v. Cottle

SUTTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the El Paso County Court at Law.

The suit was brought by J. Ted Cottle to recover a real estate broker’s commission in the sum of $800 on the theory and pleading that he had produced a purchaser for real estate listed with him by the defendant Cohen, ready, able and willing to purchase on the listed terms. The defendant answered with a special exception; a general denial and a special answer.

The trial was to a jury, but on the conclusion of all the testimony the Court instructed a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount sued for and…