Case Name: ABERNATHY v. WILSON
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1922-03-07
Citations: 28 Ga. App. 313
Docket Number: 13073
Parties: ABERNATHY v. WILSON.
Judges: Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 313–314

Head Matter:
13073.
ABERNATHY v. WILSON.
The commission which, it was alleged, the purchaser, by agreement with the plaintiff and the seller, who had listed the land with the plaintiff for sale, was, as a condition of the sale, to pay to the plaintiff, he agreeing to release the seller from any claim for such commission,- was not recoverable, under the allegations of the petition as amended; and the court did not err in dismissing the petition, on general demurrer.
Decided March 7, 1922.
Complaint; from Early superior court — -Judge Worrill. October 6, 1921.
The petition of Abernathy against Wilson, as amended, alleged: In the fall of the year 1919 H. E. McLaurin listed for sale with plaintiff his property known as the H. E. McLaurin plantation, it being agreed between them that plaintiff should offer it' for sale at a price that would net McLaurin $16,200, and that if plaintiff should find a buyer he might have for his commission on the sale all above that price that he could induce the purchaser to pay. Plaintiff got in touch with the defendant as a possible purchaser and took him to see the place, and on October 6, 1919, the defendant offered to buy the plantation, with certain live stock, farm implements, and farm products on it, for $18,000. Mc-Laurin refused the offer unless the defendant agreed to pay the plaintiff such commission as plaintiff would charge for the sale, as he (McLaurin) wished the sale to net him $18,000.- The defendant agreed to this condition, and on December 7, 1919, plaintiff agreed with the defendant and McLaurin that the sale should be consummated as set out above, and that he would release McLaurin from paying him any commission and would look to the defendant for it, he and the defendant agreeing that the commission was to be $450. The sale was consummated as set forth above, and on January 15, 1920, a deed .to the property was made by McLaurin to the defendant. Demand for payment of the $450 was made upon the defendant by the plaintiff on and after February 1, 1920, this being the amount due plaintiff for his commission on the sale, and the defendant fails and refuses to pay it. Plaintiff prays judgment for this sum and interest.
It was contended on the part of the defendant that the plaintiff was never entitled to a commission from McLaurin, and that the alleged promise was without consideration; and the following citations were made by counsel: 70 Ga. 53; 4 Ga. App. 547, 549; 89 Ga. 117; 117 Ga. 504; 118 Ga. 677; 140 Ga. 342.
Lowrey Stone, for plaintiff. A. H. Gray, for defendant.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
The court did not err in dismissing the amended petition on general demurrer.
Judgment affirmed.
Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.