Green v. Booth

Citations

• 91 Miss. 618
• 44 So. 784

Syllabus

<p>Contracts. Brokers. -Land sales. Options. Commissions. Evidence.</p> <p>A landowner may contract in writing, giving a broker the option to purchase a tract of land for a specified sum within a limited period, and at the same time bind himself by an independent verbal contract to pay the broker commissions for a sale of the land during the period to some other purchaser; and where commissions are sued for under such contract testimony of the oral agreement is not objectionable as varying the terms of the written contract.</p>