Bard v. Kent

Ruth Roland married the defendant herein in 1917 and divorced him in 1919. Notwithstanding said incident, the defendant was actively engaged as her agent from 1911 until her decease in 1937.

Decedent was the owner of a large tract of land which, by virtue of her conveyance and indenture in 1924, constituted the corpus of a subdivision trust. Simultaneous with the creation of said trust, decedent employed defendant as her agent to sell the said tract and to act as her attorney in fact in all matters pertaining to said trust. As compensation, she agreed to pay defendant a commission of ten per…