Ham v. Morris

WELLIVER, Judge.

This case involves an appeal from a circuit court judgment awarding appellant, Frank Ham, 1 $3,500 for the reasonable value of his services rendered to respondents. Respondents, Ivor and Judy Morris, sold their restaurant the Haden House, located in Columbia, Missouri, to a newly formed corporation of which Jack Crouch and Bill Bratrud were equal shareholders. The property sold for $550,000, and on appeal appellant claims that on the theory of quantum meruit the reasonable value of his services rendered is the usual and customary 6% real estate commission on the sale, which…