Baldey & Lightner v. Brackenridge

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

Plaintiffs allege that their business consists in searching for, inspecting, obtaining information about and locating for purchasers, government lands, with a view to its uses for timber, agriculture and stock-raising.

That for furnishing the information, thus obtained, to purchasers, and in'assisting them to procure titles, they received a price or consideration per acre.

They represent that, during the years 1883 and 1884, they had a contract with defendants — a firm or partnership, engaged in a similar business — whereby it was agreed that…