Eastern Associates, Inc. v. Sarubin

In accordance with Maryland Rule 871 a, we shall remand this case without affirmance or reversal for further proceedings: A trial judge (Grady, J.) determined that a broker, Eastern Associates, Incorporated (Eastern), which was paid a commission for procuring a tenant for a landlord, Morton T. Sarubin (Sarubin), was not entitled to commissions upon the rent paid under a renewal of the lease pursuant to an option in the lease exercised by the tenant.

Eastern and Sarubin entered into a standard listing contract on June 25, 1962, relative to a building owned by Sarubin in the 1300 block of St.…