Utilities & Industries Corp. v. Carter & Associates

Carley, Judge.

The instant case arises from a most complex set of facts. In 1967 D. M. Weatherly Company (Weatherly), a defendant below but not a party to this appeal, entered into a ten year lease agreement with the original owner-lessor of the premises. Appellee and cross-appellant Carter & Associates (Carter) was a party to this agreement and signed as the “agent.” The terms of this agreement relevant to the instant appeal are as follows: “Lessor agrees to pay [Carter] as compensation for services rendered in procuring this lease, the first month’s rent hereunder, and in addition thereto…