JAMES v. HONAKER DRILLING, INC.

No. 5726.

254 F.2d 702 (1958)

Harry L. JAMES and C. R. Virtue, Appellants, v. HONAKER DRILLING, INC., a Kansas corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

April 28, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Hill Johns, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Anita Ellerbee, Smith, Johns & Neuffer, Oklahoma City, Okl., William F. Pielsticker, Edwyn R. Sherwood, Pielsticker & Sherwood, Wichita, Kan., were with him on the brief), for appellants.

Robert Martin, Wichita, Kan. (Barton Carothers, Great Bend, Kan., George B. Collins, Oliver M. Hughes, Kenneth W. Pringle, Jr., William F. Schell, Thomas M. Burns, George R. Docking, Wichita, Kan., were with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before BRATTON, Chief Judge, and HUXMAN and MURRAH, Circuit Judges.


BRATTON, Chief Judge.

Harry L. James and C. R. Virtue sued Honaker Drilling, Inc., to recover damages for alleged wrongful acts on the part of the defendant which made it impossible for plaintiffs to earn a broker's fee from San Juan Exploration Company. It was alleged in the complaint that plaintiffs were brokers; that defendant advised plaintiffs that it desired to sell its oil and gas properties; that defendant employed plaintiffs to negotiate for it a sale of...

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