Legal Opinion
Wilkins v. Heebner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 13, 1984No. 2387PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
May a person who negotiates a lease for another but who lacks a real estate broker’s license maintain an action to recover a ten percent interest in a corporation allegedly promised to him as compensation for successful negotiation of the lease? We hold that such an action is barred by the provisions of the Real Estate Brokers License Act.1 An equity decree allowing recovery, therefore, must be reversed.
Donald Wilkins, a retired businessman, and George Heebner, who was actively engaged in the development of commercial real estate, were acquainted in the Philadelphia area but met…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Frowen v. BlankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Waldman v. ShoemakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Chatham Communications, Inc. v. General Press Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- McRoberts v. PhelpsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Liona Corp. v. PCH Associates (In Re PCH Associates)District Court, S.D. New York · 1986
- 25 Collier bankr.cas.2d 1393, Bankr. L. Rep. P 74,350 in Re Pch Associates, Formerly Known as Simon Associates, Debtor. Liona Corporation, Inc. v. Pch Associates, Formerly Known as Simon Associates, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Nico Construction Company, Inc., Pch Associates, Formerly Known as Simon AssociatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- Resource Technology Corp. v. Fisher Scientific Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1996
- Liona Corp. v. PCH Associates (In re PCH Associates)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- Hermitage House Square, L.P. v. EnglandCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
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