McVey v. Coates

Citations

• 89 Kan. 135
• 130 P. 661
• 1913 Kan. LEXIS 28

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Principal and Agent — Commissions — Definite Contract — Incompetent Evidence. On the trial of a controverted fact as to the amount contracted to be paid as a commission for the sale of land, each party pleading and testifying that there was a definite agreement in reference thereto hut differing as to the amount, it is error to admit evidence that a third party, at some indefinite time prior thereto, had an agreement with the landowner for the same service and for a commission much less than that claimed by one party and much greater than that testified to by the other.</p>