Freishtat v. Callow

This case originated in the Superior Court of Baltimore City. David Freishtat, plaintiff-appellant, claimed a mortgage broker’s commission of $14,000 alleging he was the procuring cause of a $1,400,000 mortgage loan made to defendant corporation, Beltway Penn Construction Co., Inc. (Beltway). The same criteria to entitle a real estate broker to commissions as the procuring cause is applicable in determining whether a mortgage broker has earned agreed upon commissions. Bregel v. Cooper, 161 Md. 416, 157 A. 719 (1931). Judge Grady, sitting *566without a jury, determined the facts in the case…