Vulcan Oil Co., Inc. v. Gorman

This is a suit by a real estate broker to recover commissions allegedly due him from Vulcan Oil Company. The jury awarded an $11,000 verdict in favor of the broker. Vulcan appealed from the judgment entered thereon. We affirm.

The case was submitted to the jury on four theories: express oral contract, implied contract, fraud, and conspiracy. The jury returned a general verdict.

There was evidence from which the jury could have concluded that the broker, Gorman, was authorized by Vulcan in the early part of 1977 to find a long-term lessee of property owned by Vulcan in the Hoover area of…