Foundation Securities Corp. v. Pittard

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This action was brought by the appellee Pittard to recover a $15,000 real estate agent’s commission for having sold a tract of land in Little Rock for the appellants, Foundation Securities Corporation and a companion company. The defendants denied liability on the ground that Pittard’s right to a commission was contingent upon the actual closing of the sale — an event which admittedly never took place. The trial court granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment upon the pleadings and affidavits on file. For reversal the appellants contend that there are…