Riggs v. Brock

Appellee, D. 0. Brock, sued appellants for a real estate commission which he alleged they had agreed to pay and which he had earned. Appellants denied liability. A jury was impaneled to try the cause but at the close of all the testimony, each side requested a directed verdict, whereupon the trial court withdrew the case from the jury and rendered judgment for appellee in the amount of $425, the amount for which he sued, This appeal followed.

Appellants owned the property here involved in Springdale, Arkansas, which they listed with appellee for sale at a price of $8,500. Appellee interested…