New England Hotel Realty, Inc. v. Finley

ROBERTS, Justice.

New England Hotel Realty, Inc. (hereafter Realty) appeals from a judgment in favor of the defendant, Martin Finley, entered in the Superior Court, Sagadahoc County, on Realty’s complaint for brokerage fees. The court directed a verdict against Realty for failure to prove at trial that it was a licensed real estate broker. We hold that the court erred in failing to allow Realty to reopen its case in chief. Because we vacate the judgment on that ground, we have no need to discuss Realty’s claim that absence of license should have been raised by Finley as an affirmative defense…