Wender v. Lobertini

This suit was brought to recover $1,000 as compensation for assisting the defendants in securing a purchaser for a coal-mining company. The chancellor and the court of civil appeals have denied relief on the ground that the license tax for real estate agents had not been paid. Complainant insists that he was not engaged in that business, was not exercising the privilege, and was not, therefore, required to have such a license.

As said by Mr. Justic Neil, in Wallace v. McPherson, 138 Tenn., at page 463, 197 S. W., 566, L. R. A., 1918A, 1148:

“Any person sui juris may make any contract with…