Demetre v. Savas

Plaintiff, appellant herein, appealed from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, entered upon a directed verdict for defendant at the close of all the evidence. The defendant, Katherine Savas, and others, owned and operated a restaurant business known as “Kate’s Restaurant” located on the ground floor of the Public Square Building in the city of Cleveland. The plaintiff, describing himself as a “business broker,” brought the action for a broker’s commission, alleging that he was the procuring cause of the sale of defendant’s business to one James Kaim.

Plaintiff was not…