Legal Opinion
Richland Development Company, Inc. And National Pool Equipment Company v. George Staples, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 11, 1961No. 17980_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
This is an action by a real estate agent against two' Alabama corporations for the recovery of a commission agreed to in a valid Missouri brokerage contract covering the sale of the defendants’ land in Alabama. The principal defense is that the broker, a licensed real estate agent in Missouri, performed certain acts in Alabama related to the sale of the land in Alabama without having been licensed locally as a real estate agent. We affirm the district court’s decision in favor of the Missouri broker.
In 1958 George Staples, Jr., the plaintiff-appellee, was a licensed real…
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- W. H. Barber Co. v. HughesIndiana Supreme Court · 1945
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