Fowler v. Hults

Mr. Presiding Judge Smedley

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

Plaintiff in error Fowler sued defendant in error Hults for $910.99, alleging that by oral contract he was employed by Hults to obtain for him from the owners of five tracts, of land in Kent County the execution of oil and gas leases on their land and that Hults agreed to pay him for procuring the leases ten cents per acre; that he did procure the leases and Hults, in violation of his agreement, refused to accept them and failed and refused to pay the agreed compensation.

The defense specially pleaded by…