Brackenridge v. Claridge
Decision Date | 03 March 1898 |
Citation | 44 S.W. 819 |
Parties | BRACKENRIDGE v. CLARIDGE et al. |
Court | Texas Supreme Court |
Action by Claridge & Payne against George W. Brackenridge. Judgment for plaintiffs was affirmed by the court of civil appeals (42 S. W. 1005), and defendant brings error. Reversed.
Franklin & Cobbs, for plaintiff in error. Clamp & Harris, Dan Lewis, and J. O. Terrell, for defendants in error.
The defendants 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 5 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 defect in his title. There was evidence to show that the plaintiff in error employed Claridge to procure a sale of the land, and that Payne subsequently became the partner of Claridge, and actively participated in the negotiations for the attempted sale. Claridge, who made the contract with Brackenridge, in his testimony states the latter's promise in this language: "That is, that if they brought him a buyer for the land that would pay him his price for it, he would pay me a commission." Claridge also testified that, at the time of making the contract, Brackenridge represented that he was the owner of the land. Subsequently, Claridge found Messrs. Beney & Freeman, of the state of Iowa, who, in connection with him, examined the land, with a view of negotiating for its purchase. After the examination, Claridge introduced the proposed purchasers to Brackenridge. The depositions of Beney & Freeman were read in evidence upon the trial in behalf of the plaintiffs, and their purpose in seeking the interview with Brackenridge is very clearly disclosed in their testimony. Beney, among other things, testified as follows: Freeman also testified:
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