DON DRUM REAL ESTATE COMPANY v. HUDSON

No. 17587.

465 S.W.2d 409 (1971)

DON DRUM REAL ESTATE COMPANY, Appellant, v. John W. HUDSON, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce W. Bowman, Jr., Turner, Rodgers, Winn, Scurlock & Sailers, Dallas, for appellant.

Paul K. Hyde, Martin T. Burnham, Hyde, Tucker, Gano, Alexander & Brown, Dallas, for appellee.


GUITTARD, Justice.

This is a suit by a real estate broker against the owner of a residence to recover a commission for negotiating a sale which was not completed. Summary judgment was rendered for the defendant and the plaintiff broker has appealed. The principal question is whether the rule permitting extrinsic evidence to interpret a written contract extends to proof of a contemporaneous oral promise concerning a matter not covered by the language of the contract...

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