Brackenridge v. Claridge & Payne
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Bexar County. Claridge & Payne sued Braekenridge for commissions for negotiating a sale of land, and recovered judgment, which was affirmed on appeal by Braekenridge, who then procured writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
The defendant in error sued the plaintiff in error to recover commissions as real estate brokers for procuring at plaintiff-in-error’s instance a purchaser for a tract of land. They alleged in substance that Brackenridge entered into a contract with them, in which at his instance they undertook to make a sale of a large tract of land in consideration of his promise to pay them a commission of five per cent upon the purchase money, and that they procured purchasers ready, willing and able to buy the property, but that the purchase was not consummated on account of a…
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