McCampbell v. Cavis

This judgment which Cavis obtained against McCampbell for commissions on the sale of a ranch is assailed because the contract is supposed to be so tainted with dishonesty as to prevent its enforcement and because the court after verdict permitted the plaintiff to dismiss the action as to one of the defendants and take judgment against the other. The case was tried originally before a justice of the peace, appealed to the county court and tried by a jury which found a verdict against the appellant.

A very brief statement of the case will suffice to explain it, and this will of itself afford…