Hardin v. Baker

Citations

• 93 Kan. 47
• 142 P. 884
• 1914 Kan. LEXIS 379

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Real-estate Agent — Contract for Exchange of Lands — Sale Not Completed'■ — Commissions. H. and B. contracted to exchange certain lands and to put the papers in the hands of D., a real-estate agent. B. failed to perform and H. obtained judgment against him for damages in an action in which he garnished D., who had in his hands certain boot money received by him in a trade he had made of a portion of H.’s lands for land in Texas with the consent of B. on the supposition that the original contract would be carried out. D. claimed a commission from B., but the evidence showed that D. had no contract with B. for a commission, and further, that the boot money in his hands belonged to H. -Held, that D. was not entitled to the commission claimed.</p>