Sentence:  On January 10, 1951, a <WSD>land agent</WSD> of the plaintiff called at the home of the defendants and requested of Mrs. Bancroft permission to enter' upon the land to make a survey for location of a pipe line. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (US) An employee of an oil or mining company who negotiates with landowners for rights to extract oil or minerals from their property.