Vaughn v. Clements

John W. Clements sued J. B. Vaughn to recover the sum of $83.75 as a five per cent, commission on the sale of a certain tract of land of the defendant to Mrs. George Ledford. A judgment was rendered in the justice court in favor of the plaintiff for the amount sued for; and, on appeal in the superior court, a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $70. The exception here is to the judgment overruling the defendant’s motion for new trial, which contained only the general grounds.

The evidence was substantially as follows: Clements, the broker, testified that he and Vaughn entered…