Russell v. Johnson
Russell v. Johnson
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
A. G-. Russell, husband of the appellant and the original plaintiff who died pending suit, brought suit ag’ainst appellee for fifty thousand dollars, claimed as commission as real estate agent for services in the sale of Panther Burn Plantation. There was a peremptory instruction for the appellee in the court below, and judgment entered thereon, from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted. There is in the record considerable correspondence and evidence, but we think it would be useless to undertake to set it out. After a painstaking consideration of all of the evidence, including the correspondence, we think plaintiff failed to establish contractual relations between himself -and the appellee so as to entitle him to the commission claimed. There was a studious effort on the part of the defendant to avoid any understanding or agreement that would place her under- any obligations to the plaintiff. The only proposition made plaintiff by the defendant at all was to consider any
Affirmed.
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- Brokers. Cannot recover commission, where evidence is insufficient to establish express otr implied agency contract. In order for a real estate agent to recover for services rendered a party in making a sale of real estate, there must be a contract, express or implied, creating the relation of principal and agent. The evidence examined, and held insufficient to create such contract, and hence a peremptory instruction in favor of the defendant was proper.